Trump plans to withdraw climate skeptic's nomination to environmental office: report

The White House is planning on withdrawing the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White to lead the Council on Environmental Quality, according to The Washington Post. Administration officials told the publication that Hartnett White's nomination did not garner enough momentum and some Senate Republicans had expressed reservations about her experience. The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment. Hartnett White, who is a fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, has expressed uncertainty on how much humans have contributed to climate change. “I’m not a scientist, but in my personal capacity, I have many questions that remain unanswered by current climate policy,” she said at her confirmation hearing. “I think we indeed need to have more precise explanations of the human role and the natural role," she continued. She was also a critic of the Obama administration’s environmental initiatives, calling them a “deluded and illegitimate battle against climate change” in an op-ed for The Hill last year and arguing against regulations such as the Clean Power Plan rule for power plants. The Council on Environmental Quality deals with a variety of issues such as infrastructure, conservation and air quality...more.

This very well may be a case of Republican Senators from the Midwest worried about losing the subsidies for ethanol:

Republican Senators Deb Fischer, of Nebraska, and Joni Ernst, of Iowa, repeatedly questioned White over her position on ethanol, asking whether she would commit to supporting the Renewable Fuel Standard, always rely on “accurate information” when advising the president on the issue and commit to not ending the Renewable Fuel Standard before 2022.