
Jennifer Granholm will be the next secretary of energy after the Senate confirmed her by a wide, bipartisan margin to lead the Department of Energy and the almost $30-billion-a-year worth of nuclear weapons and waste programs that make up more than half the agency’s budget. Senators voted to confirm the former Michigan governor 64-35, with one senator not voting. Granholm was scheduled to be sworn in at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday, a DoE spokesperson said. Of the 22 Senators…