"President Trump isn't the first boss Andrew Wheeler has helped battle California on the environment.

More than a decade before he would lead this autumn's siege against California's regulatory authorities, Wheeler helped Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) score political points against the Golden State on the same set of issues. He was Inhofe's staff director on the Environment and Public Works Committee at the time.

Inhofe, a staunch anti-regulatory crusader, has for years recounted California's failings — especially its struggle with national ozone limits — when attacking environmental policies backed by the progressive state and its representatives in Washington."

Jean Chemnick reports for ClimateWire November 18, 2019. [2]