Utah governor Mike Leavitt will face a grilling later this month when the Senate considers his nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican will have to defend the Bush Administration's environmental record, including last week's revised EPA rules governing pollution at older power plants. Under the old regimen, utilities that wanted to update their plants were required to install extensive pollution controls. The new rules will allow them to upgrade without putting in such equipment.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is likely to quiz Leavitt about the EPA's post-9/11 announcements on air quality near ground zero. Last month the agency's...