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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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McCarthy EPA Hearing: GOP Senators Focused On Climate Denial, Email, And IM

2013-04-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateProgress: Republicans tried and failed to pin anything on Assistant Administrator for EPA`s Office of Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy. When she appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as President Obama`s nominee to be the next EPA Administrator, some Senators focused on substance, and others focused on denying climate change or asking about email addresses and instant messenger. First some reality. Echoed by several of his colleagues, Senator Bernie Sanders`s opening statement...

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McCarthy vows common sense actions on climate

2013-04-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obamas nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, vowed common sense steps to tackle climate change, and said those actions can be taken without undermining the economy. McCarthy called global warming one of the greatest challenges of our generation, in testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. She said its led to costly investments by cities and towns to counter the effects. The economic exposure associated with climate...

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McCarthy needs to open the windows at the EPA, letting in press and public

2013-04-11 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental Health: President Obama has an opportunity to fix badly broken media policies that keep Americans in the dark about their environment. Gina McCarthy's nomination as the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affords him an opportunity to live up to his promise to create an "unprecedented level of openness in government.' The Obama administration has been anything but transparent in its dealings with reporters seeking information, interviews and clarification on a host of environmental, health...

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