Gregoire Favored as Next EPA Head

The former Washington governor needs a new job

President Obama is about to nominate outgoing Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire as the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a very private prediction from a very senior source in Washington's congressional delegation.

Gregoire was director of Washington's Department of Ecology before being elected Attorney General in 1992.  The future governor made her reputation by negotiating a Hanford nuclear waste cleanup agreement with the first Bush administration, which has held up in court through efforts by the feds' to wiggle out of their commitments.