The Latest: Dem says EPA’s Wheeler ‘as extreme’ as Pruitt

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler (all times local):
10:32 a.m.
A top Senate Democrat is describing President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as “just as extreme” as his predecessor.
Acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler is appearing Wednesday before a Senate committee considering his nomination to head the agency.
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper told Wheeler and other senators that Wheeler&