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Kathleen Hartnett White may face a challenge getting confirmed by the Senate.
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Michael Dourson is in danger of becoming first @realDonaldTrump nominee to be defeated by @SenateGOP. He was a consultant for chemical cos he would regulate at @EPA via @dino_grandoni
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The Energy 202 Analysis
The Energy 202: This EPA nominee may be the first Trump appointee to be defeated by Congress
By Dino Grandoni November 17 at 9:29 AM
THE LIGHTBULB
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This week, North Carolina’s two Republican senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, said they would oppose Michael Dourson’s nomination as the top chemical safety official at the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Dourson may not be the only environmental nominee with a tough road ahead.
Trump’s pick to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, also may face a challenge getting confirmed by the Senate. Although no GOP senators have declared their oppostion, according to administration officials, some have privately expressed concerns in the wake of her recent appearance before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
During that hearing, Hartnett White said although human activity is probably warming the planet, the extent to which people contribute is “very uncertain.” In contrast, climate scientists agree that burning fossil fuels, tearing down forests and other human activity is probably the chief culprit behind climate change.
Hartnett White also refused to say whether water expands when it warms, causing Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to say that “she outright rejects basic science.”
As any good high-school physics student can tell you, it does.
Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin contributed reporting.
My colleague James Hohmann interviewed EPA administrator Pruitt for The Daily 202 today on a wide range of topics, from his ties to industry, to his proud rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations to the $25,000 phone booth built in his office. Read the whole thing here.
Energy & environmental reporter for @washingtonpost and newsletter writer for @PowerPost. Follow @dino_grandoni
The Energy 202: This EPA nominee may be the first Trump appointee to be defeated by Congress
By Dino Grandoni November 17 at 9:29 AM
THE LIGHTBULB
....
This week, North Carolina’s two Republican senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, said they would oppose Michael Dourson’s nomination as the top chemical safety official at the Environmental Protection Agency.
....
Dourson may not be the only environmental nominee with a tough road ahead.
Trump’s pick to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, also may face a challenge getting confirmed by the Senate. Although no GOP senators have declared their oppostion, according to administration officials, some have privately expressed concerns in the wake of her recent appearance before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
During that hearing, Hartnett White said although human activity is probably warming the planet, the extent to which people contribute is “very uncertain.” In contrast, climate scientists agree that burning fossil fuels, tearing down forests and other human activity is probably the chief culprit behind climate change.
Hartnett White also refused to say whether water expands when it warms, causing Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to say that “she outright rejects basic science.”
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As any good high-school physics student can tell you, it does.
Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin contributed reporting.
My colleague James Hohmann interviewed EPA administrator Pruitt for The Daily 202 today on a wide range of topics, from his ties to industry, to his proud rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations to the $25,000 phone booth built in his office. Read the whole thing here.
Energy & environmental reporter for @washingtonpost and newsletter writer for @PowerPost. Follow @dino_grandoni
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