Energy and Environment: Andrew Wheeler, former energy lobbyist, confirmed as nation’s top environmental official

Analysis | The Energy 202: Two Senate moderates come out against Andrew Wheeler as EPA chief; Analysis | The Energy 202: Which 2020 hopeful got the highest score from...

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Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler (Reuters/Ting Shen/File Photo) Andrew Wheeler, former energy lobbyist, confirmed as nation's top environmental official The Senate approved the former coal lobbyist to head the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, underscoring how the partisan divide on environmental policy has only widened under Trump. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin · Read more Analysis | The Energy 202: Two Senate moderates come out against Andrew Wheeler as EPA chief It's a sign EPA's rollback of environmental rules is wearing thin among those in the political middle. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   Analysis | The Energy 202: Which 2020 hopeful got the highest score from environmentalists last year? All of them. League of Conservation voters found each senator running for president had a "perfect" voting record. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   EPA enforcement chief defends agency's record It is "absolutely not true" that the agency is soft on polluters, says EPA's enforcement chief Susan Bodine. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis | The Energy 202: Should nuclear plants get a bailout in the name of climate change? Pennsylvania debates A group of state lawmakers wants to save Three Mile Island and other nuclear plants from shuttering. By Paulina Firozi · Read more   An iceberg twice the size of New York City is about to break off of Antarctica A chasm and a crack on the Brunt Ice Shelf are creeping closer to each other. By Katie Mettler · Read more   EPA regulator skirts the line between former clients and current job Democrats have demanded an ethics investigation into top air official Bill Wehrum. By Juliet Eilperin · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Very high carbon dioxide could suppress cooling clouds, climate change model warns Vanishing stratocumulus clouds would have dire effects on global temperatures. By Joel Achenbach · Read more   White House to set up panel to counter climate change consensus, officials say The move would be the administration's most forceful effort to date to challenge the scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are helping drive global warming. "The president wants people to be able to decide for themselves," a senior administration official said. By Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Brady Dennis · Read more   Grand jury is examining whether former interior secretary Ryan Zinke lied to federal investigators The panel is looking into Zinke's decision not to grant a petition by two Indian tribes to operate a casino in Connecticut, according to two people briefed on the matter. By Juliet Eilperin and Lisa Rein · Read more   Recommended for you Get the Speaking of Science newsletter The latest, greatest and weirdest in science news, every Wednesday. Expect news on discoveries, animals and space. Sign Up

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