President Obama’s selection of Gina McCarthy to become the next EPA Administrator is being hailed as a positive move by both environmentalists and some in the business community, who say McCarthy is adept at holding dialogues with competing interests.
As head of the agency’s air and radiation office, McCarthy has spent the past four years pushing forward limits on carbon pollution from power plants and large stationary sources. She has also have helped close power plants emitting greenhouse gases linked to climate change.