EPA Chief Spreads Trump’s Environmental Message in Swing States

EPA head Andrew Wheeler’s ongoing tour of swing states could rouse enthusiasm among President Donald Trump’s supporters, though any effect on the November presidential election is likely to be small, political analysts say.

Since late May, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has visited Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—all of which are likely battlegrounds in the November presidential election.

Wheeler isn’t the only Cabinet official who has hit the road. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt recently visited Arizona, Ohio, and Alabama, and Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette has toured Florida and Iowa. Of those five states, only Alabama ...