Jackson’s Job in Jersey
New Jersey’s top environmental officer, Lisa Jackson, is Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. And the President-elect promises big changes for the agency. But Washington correspondent Jeff Young reports that some New Jersey environmentalists – including some who worked for Jackson – are highly critical of her record there.
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