Michael Dourson, President Trump's pick to lead the U.S. EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, is already working at the agency, E&E News has confirmed. "Dr. Dourson's title is adviser to the administrator," an EPA spokesman said yesterday evening. Shortly after EPA acknowledged the former environmental health professor's role, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee announced it was indefinitely postponing votes scheduled for this morning on Dourson and other nominees. A spokesman for Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) declined to comment on the reason for the delay. But there were concerns about whether at least one of the candidates would get enough votes (see related story). Dourson's previously unannounced position at the agency is troubling to watchdogs. "Until he is confirmed, he shouldn't be working there," said Meredith McGehee, chief of policy, programs and strategy at Issue One, an ethics advocacy group...more