While they didn't get everything they wanted in President Barack Obama's first term, nor did they get all they asked for at the ballot box in November, environmental activists are bullish about how the second Obama term will play out, in regard to the environment.
Current cap and trade plan sounds like ponzi scheme, according to Republican Senator Mike Enzi.
Lisa Jackson, the new Administrator of the EPA, joins The Takeaway to explain the Agency's plans. Also joining the conversation is Congressman Fred Upton, a Republican Congressman from Michigan, with his opposition to the bill.
In an interview with Living on Earth, the new EPA administrator promises big changes for the embattled agency. One of her first initiatives is to test the air at schools near toxic hot spots. Next, she says she'll decide what to do with the EPA's authorit
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Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. EPA, Lisa Jackson, draws praise and criticism from activists in her home state.