Wheeler, the acting administrator of the EPA, revoked Pruitt's last act of sabotage — which permitted the construction of heavily polluting trucks installing old engines. A court blocked the order, and instead of challenging it, Wheeler cancelled it.

However, he does violate ethics rules, by meeting with his previous polluter clients.

Perhaps Wheeler prefers to concentrate on a few especially destructive forms of sabotage, rather than inefficient scattershot sabotage.

Hottest Four Years Ever? 2015. 2016. 2017. 2018?

Our Scorched Earth Needs Voters to Put More Heat on Their Politicians.

Cambodian tyrant Hun Sen won a smashing election victory after totally smashing the opposition and the press.

A major change in modern news media: opinion has become more valued and facts less so.

Almost 80% of US Workers Live from Paycheck to Paycheck.

As the article explains, US workers mostly have no bargaining power, and many sectors of the economy lack competition.

A factor that the article doesn't mention is that concentration of industry means there is less competition for hiring workers.