EPA Retreats On Clean Air Analysis Following Johnson Confirmation

EPA appears likely to renege on an earlier pledge to conduct an analysis of the public health benefits of various clean air legislative proposals after the Senate approved Stephen Johnson to be EPA administrator. The agency had offered to conduct the review after Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) placed a hold on Johnson's confirmation, but Carper indicated this response was inadequate. An EPA official says the agency has no plans to provide to Carper any new clean air analysis. "The proposal...