Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

New EPA head faces challenges from Congress, industry

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.

New EPA head faces challenges from Congress, industry

The Team to Tackle Climate

The Team to Tackle Climate

Environmental activists look forward to Obama's second term

Environmental activists look forward to Obama's second term

A Look Back at the Birth of the Clean Water Act

A Look Back at the Birth of the Clean Water Act

Visions of the EPA, Past, Present, Future

Visions of the EPA, Past, Present, Future

Lisa Jackson's Plan

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

Lisa Jackson's Plan
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EPA poised to make changes in greenhouse gas regulation

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EPA poised to make changes in greenhouse gas regulation
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The new EPA under the Obama administration

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?

The new EPA under the Obama administration

Whitman Resigns

Whitman Resigns

EPA Ombudsman

EPA Ombudsman

EPA at 25

EPA at 25
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EPA at 25

EPA at 25

Reilly Looks Back, and Ahead

Reilly Looks Back, and Ahead