The Senate confirmed Aaron Szabo Wednesday in a 49-47 vote to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation, which oversees key emission and climate regulations facing revocation by the Trump administration.
Szabo takes office as the EPA considers proposals reversing stricter mercury and carbon limits for power plants as part of President Donald Trump’s agenda to strengthen fossil fuel development to meet increasing energy demand. The EPA has recently granted air toxics compliance exemptions across multiple industry sectors, including utilities and sterilizers.
Szabo was advanced by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in March on party ...
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