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Outgoing EPA chief says Biden can ‘build off’ Trump actions

By Abby Smith
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Outgoing EPA chief says Biden can ‘build off’ Trump actions

President Trump’s top environmental official thinks the incoming Biden team can issue stricter emissions policies while keeping his legacy intact.

“There isn’t anything that would need to be repealed, regardless of what their position is,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler told the Washington Examiner in a wide-ranging interview Friday. “If they want to take a different direction, they can build off of it.”

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