Goffman Says EPA Has Power Plant GHG ‘Options’ After High Court Case

Top EPA air official Joe Goffman says the agency will be ready to respond to the Supreme Court’s expected ruling in the coming weeks on the scope of officials’ authority to curb greenhouse gases from power plants, telling senators that EPA has already identified regulatory options for proceeding. “We have different options for responding, depending on what the Supreme Court tells us the nature and contours of our authority are,” Goffman said during his May 25 Senate confirmation hearing to...