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Obama leaning toward picking McCarthy for EPA chief - sources
2013-02-01 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama is leaning toward choosing Gina McCarthy, a top official in charge of air quality at the Environmental Protection Agency, to run the EPA in his second term, according to two sources familiar with the matter. McCarthy, currently the assistant administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation, would take on the top job as the agency leads Obama's push for measures to fight climate change. McCarthy would replace Lisa Jackson, who said in December she planned to step...
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