Environmentalists who are publicly calling for EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to resign are pressing their allies on Capitol Hill to lead the effort in what observers say is an attempt to give their campaign more credibility.
In particular, environmentalists are looking to powerful House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) to actively seek Johnson's ouster. Waxman is already conducting a series of sweeping investigations into Johnson's handling of recent controversial EPA regulatory decisions.