As EPA Assistant Administrator, Goffman will oversee the crafting and implementation of rules that are critical to the agency’s efforts to tackle climate change and environmental injustice.

By Kristoffer Tigue

The decision to replace John Kerry with John Podesta as the top U.S. climate diplomat may be making headlines this week. But there’s another presidential appointee who could also have a significant impact on the nation’s efforts to address climate change but has mostly flown under the radar.