"During almost a decade on K Street, acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler lobbied for a bill that would have allowed liquid fuel from coal to be used in a program that addresses climate change by promoting plant-based fuels.

Wheeler was also paid to represent companies that public records show currently have business before the agency, which the former lobbyist began overseeing last month. One past client is pushing EPA to require oil importers and refiners to use more biofuel. Another opposes certain chemical replacements used in refrigeration.

The administration of President Trump, who campaigned on "draining the swamp," hasn't blocked the acting administrator from getting involved with Celanese Corp., Archer Daniels Midland Co., ICOR International Inc. and 11 other companies that Wheeler represented as a lobbyist with Faegre Baker Daniels LLP."

Corbin Hiar and Mike Soraghan report for ClimateWire August 2, 2018. [2]