New EPA Chief
Reporter Alex van Oss profiles Carol Browner, Bill Clinton’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Browner is a confidant of Vice President-elect Al Gore, and in two years heading Florida’s Department of Environmental Regulation she earned a reputation as a tough but creative administrator.
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