Senate Confirms Vilsack As USDA Chief Amid EPA Shift On RFS Waivers

The Senate has easily confirmed Tom Vilsack as President Joe Biden’s agriculture secretary, a role in which he will have to navigate a tension between the administration’s backing of Midwestern ethanol and its support for boosting deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its climate change agenda. The Senate’s 92-7 vote Feb. 23 confirming Vilsack means he will return to leading a department he ran for both terms of the Obama administration, though observers are now expecting the Department...