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State Groups Offer Strong Support For EPA Administrator Nominee Gina McCarthy
2013-04-15 03:37:52| pollutiononline News Articles
Following a confirmation hearing today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,statewide groups supporting federal clean air and climate safeguards announced their strong support for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nomineeGina McCarthy. President Obama nominated McCarthyMarch 4
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Gina McCarthy, nominee to head EPA, pledges common-sense approach to climate change
2013-04-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Gina McCarthy, President Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Thursday pledged a "common-sense' approach to battling climate change and touted a career that included working for five Republican governors in an effort to counter GOP criticism of the agency she hopes to lead. McCarthy called fighting climate change "one of the greatest challenges of our generation and our great obligation to future generations. I am convinced that those steps can and must be pursued with...
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Environmental Questions Take Back Seat at Confirmation Hearing for E.P.A. Nominee
2013-04-12 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Most of the biggest challenges facing the Environmental Protection Agency climate change, major new regulations on power plant emissions, biofuels production and enforcement of clean air and water laws were virtually absent from Thursdays confirmation hearing for President Obamas nominee to head the agency, Gina McCarthy. Instead, Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee repeatedly returned to relatively arcane disputes over e-mail accounts used by top officials at...
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Republicans to Begin New Assault on Obamas Climate Plans at Hearing for EPA Nominee
2013-04-11 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: The Obama administration and Senate Republicans face off in a high-drama clash over global warming on Thursday, as the presidents choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency undergoes questioning by the committee considering her nomination. Gina McCarthy, a tough-talking environmental regulator from South Boston who is currently EPAs top clean-air official, expects a grilling from Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, including a trio of conservatives from oil...
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Nominee To Lead EPA Grilled Over Past Work At Agency
2013-04-11 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: It's hard to think of a hotter seat on President Obama's cabinet than the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Republicans are increasingly attacking the EPA and its regulations as job killers. On Thursday, Republicans grilled the president's pick for that job, Gina McCarthy. Some of the toughest questions at her Senate confirmation hearing had to do with coal and climate change.
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