Andrew Wheeler

"This is an egregious 11th-hour attempt to handcuff the incoming administration and undercut the benefits of clean air—in the worst days of a global health crisis."

"The failure to strengthen particulate-matter protections is a dereliction of duty that puts lives at risk."

"We're not going to just stand by and watch another generation get poisoned by one of the most dangerous pesticides still in use."

One critic charged that the agency "has shown such callous indifference to the damage dicamba has caused to farmers and wildlife alike."

"We must fight back against this underhanded ruling," said one Indigenous leader. "In the courts, on the frontlines and in the international courts, life itself is at stake."

The agency chief suggested reigning in fossil fuel use will not help communities harmed by fossil fuel pollution.

"Giving coal companies a free pass to dump more toxic heavy metals like mercury and arsenic into our waters is a travesty."

"Even for the Trump administration, this is an appalling new low."