Bush Sticks Johnson in the EPA
BUSH STICKS JOHNSON IN THE EPA
President Bush announces nominee to head EPA
Today President Bush announced his new pick to lead the U.S. EPA:
Steve Johnson, who's been the agency's temporary head since Mike
Leavitt left six weeks ago to head the Department of Health and Human
Services. If confirmed by the Senate, Johnson, a 24-year EPA
veteran, will be the first professional scientist to hold the
position. The choice of Johnson, a low-key, wonky agency vet whose
work has focused on pesticides, may signal a new approach from the
White House; Bush's previous EPA administrators, Christie Whitman and
Mike Leavitt, were both significant players in the Republican Party
(and one of them still is!). Johnson will preside over some tough
battles, including a contentious one now under way about how to
regulate mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. Carl Pope,
executive director of the Sierra Club, was fairly beside himself with
enthusiasm, calling Johnson "the best we could expect as a nominee
from the Bush administration."
straight to the source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Associated
Press, Deb Riechmann, 04 Mar 2005
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