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EPA head Gina McCarthy defends strategy, denies Republican 'doomsday scenarios'
2014-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Facing significant budget cuts and an incoming Republican Congress determined to limit her authority, Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy might be expected to sound a bit chastened. She doesn't. In an exclusive interview with CBS News, McCarthy, who became EPA administrator in 2013, defended her agency's plans to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, strengthen ozone standards and regulate leaks of methane. "It's my job to explain to people why what we are...
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