EPA’s McCarthy: We must take action on climate change
In a speech this morning to students at Georgetown University School of Public Policy, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said there was an economic need to act on climate change.
Before I talk a bit about our energy and environmental future, let’s take a look at a lesson from the past. Most of you won’t remember this as I do, but in the 60’s, industries and business were growing. Suburbs were sprawling up and the automobile was a symbol of the American dream - “a chicken in every pot and a car in every driveway.” The auto industry set the pace of the American economy.