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Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

New EPA head faces challenges from Congress, industry

Environment

New EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has formidable forces, like the electric power industry and some members of Congress, standing between her and her job as mandated by President Barack Obama. She’s been tasked with forming a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants – and fast.

Environmental activists look forward to Obama’s second term

Environment

The Team to Tackle Climate

A Look Back at the Birth of the Clean Water Act

EPA at 25

The World

EPA at 25

One of the most contentious budget items is proposed deep cuts in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, created by executive order of President Nixon. As Congress debates future funding for the agency, William Ruckelshaus  ? EPA’s first director  ? comments.

Reilly Looks Back, and Ahead

Steve talks with outgoing EPA administrator William Reilly about the successes and failure of his tenure under President Bush, and what the future may hold for his successor, Carol Browner.

Visions of the EPA, Past, Present, Future

To mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Living on Earth’s Steve Curwood discusses the history and future of the Environmental Protection Agency with its first administrator, William Ruckelshaus, and its current leader, Lisa Jackson.

Lisa Jackson’s Plan

In an interview with Living on Earth, the new EPA administrator promises big changes for the embattled agency. One of her first initiatives is to test the air at schools near toxic hot spots. Next, she says she’ll decide what to do with the EPA’s authorit

Whitman Resigns

EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman has tendered her resignation to President Bush. National Journal writer Margie Kriz talks to host Steve Curwood about the move.