New Head of EPA

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President-Elect Trump to Appoint New Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Head

According to the New York Times, these are the leading candidates–

“Myron Ebell A director at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a prominent climate change skeptic

“Robert E. Grady Gryphon Investors partner who was involved in drafting the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

“Jeffrey R. Holmstead Lawyer with Bracewell L.L.P. and former deputy E.P.A. administrator in the George W. Bush administration”

or someone else, perhaps someone not even being mentioned right now.

Time will tell who the pick will be.

See http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html.

Visit the EPA’s E-Waste Recycling page:  https://www.epa.gov/recycle/electronics-donation-and-recycling#why

“Electronic products are made from valuable resources and materials, including metals, plastics, and glass, all of which require energy to mine and manufacture. Donating or recycling consumer electronics conserves our natural resources and avoids air and water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by manufacturing virgin materials.

For example:

  • Recycling one million laptops saves the energy equivalent to the electricity used by more than 3,500 US homes in a year.
  • For every million cell phones we recycle, 35 thousand pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered.”