Senate Confirms Goffman To Lead EPA Air Office After Years Of Deadlock

The Senate after years of delay has narrowly confirmed Joe Goffman to lead EPA’s air office, bringing to a close a long-pending nomination in a closely divided chamber just as the agency is ramping up efforts to tighten standards for particulate matter and clamp down on emissions from vehicles, power plants and a range of other sources. The Senate’s largely party-line vote 50-49 grants Goffman formal status as EPA air chief, a role he has been exercising on a de...