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New EPA head faces challenges from Congress, industry

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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.

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Potter Revisited

Beatrix Potter is best known as the author of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”. She’s less known as a conservationist but Potter played a big role in preserving England’s Lake District, the region that served as a backdrop for many of her stories. Tom Verde reports.

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