New EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has formidable forces, like the electric power industry and some members of Congress, standing between her and her job as mandated by President Barack Obama. She's been tasked with forming a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants – and fast.
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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Currently Lisa Jackson is the Commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection, but hopefully next week she will become the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. What lies in store for her in this role?