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Michael Dourson, nominated to lead the agency's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, pulled his name from consideration after it became clear he was unlikely to be confirmed by the full Senate. (EPA via Youtube.com)

Michael Dourson, Trump’s pick for EPA chemical safety, withdraws

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2017, photo, a sign on a door of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. The EPA says it has recovered 517 containers of “unidentified, potentially hazardous material” from highly contaminated toxic waste sites in Texas that flooded last month during Hurricane Harvey. But the agency has not provided details about which Superfund sites the material came from, why the contaminants at issue have not been identified and whether there’s a threat to human health. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate panel narrowly approves two controversial EPA nominees

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times