Southern airs.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills

But we're happy to report that a departing administration official, John Pemberton, has found a job. Pemberton, a top air-quality official at the EPA, is going to join the Southern Company. While it's nice that he has found a job in these tough times, the identity of his new employer gives pause.

Southern is the beneficiary of a just issued EPA rule that environmentalists describe as "gutting" the Clean Air Act. The new rule...