Johnson Pledges Clean Air Analysis As Frist Pursues Confirmation Vote

Acting EPA administrator Stephen Johnson has agreed to conduct a technical analysis of competing Senate clean air bills, after Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) earlier this month said he would place a hold on Johnson's nomination to be the next EPA administrator unless the agency conducted the study. Johnson outlines his plans for the study in a letter to the Senate environment committee, which was sent just days before Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) announced April 27 that he is filing...