Biden’s Pick for the EPA’s Top Air Pollution Job Finds Himself Caught in the Crossfire At his confirmation hearing, Joseph Goffman was assailed by coal state Republicans for contemplating too much regulation, while Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse chastised him and his agency colleagues for doing too little. By Marianne Lavelle
A Climate Progressive Leads a Crowded Democratic Field for Pittsburgh’s 12th Congressional District Seat By Kristoffer Tigue
A Commonsense Proposal to Deal With Plastics Pollution: Stop Making So Much Plastic By James Bruggers
Big Oil’s Top Executives Strike a Common Theme in Testimony on Capitol Hill: It Never Happened By Nicholas Kusnetz
With Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s Snubbing of the Democrats’ Reconciliation Plans, Environmental Advocates Ask, ‘Which Side Are You On?’ By Judy Fahys
Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas, With or Without the Republicans By Marianne Lavelle