Corbin covers EPA and public health for E&E News, where he has worked since 2014. His reporting on the danger that oil and gas development poses to national wildlife refuges and the people who live around them won a National Press Club award for analytical reporting. He previously covered environmental policy at SNL Energy and the Center for Public Integrity and has freelanced for The Economist, Mother Jones and many other publications. As an editor, he has worked at The Huffington Post and PBS MediaShift. He has a degree in international relations from Bowdoin College.
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Andrew Wheeler met with a range of companies and trade groups with interests before EPA after he took charge at the agency.
President Trump's second choice to lead the EPA chemicals office will face lawmakers this week. She's likely to have a much easier go of it than the president's first failed pick.
Former Sen. Carl Levin, who was once one of the top investigators in Congress, is encouraging his fellow Democrats to pursue bipartisan oversight of the Trump administration when they take control of the House in January. But veteran Republican congressional investigators think that's a long shot.
President Trump and acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler this afternoon avowed their commitment to recycling.