Senate Confirms EPA Waste Chief Wright In Party-Line Vote

The Senate July 11 voted along party lines to confirm Peter Wright to lead EPA’s waste office, overcoming Democrats’ efforts to block, or at least delay, the vote as they cited new ethical questions, his long-time chemical industry background and EPA’s failure, to date, to fulfill promises to regulate two perfluorinated chemicals. The Senate voted 52-38 to confirm Wright as EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Land & Emergency Management (OLEM). While Wright’s nomination has lingered for more than...