Lisa Jackson

Obama taps insider as EPA chief; MIT professor to lead Energy Dept.

10:21 am U.S. ET | March 4, 2013
President Barack Obama today announced his nominees to lead a new federal push to tackle climate change, choosing an air quality expert to run the Environmental Protection Agency and a nuclear physicist to head the Department of Energy. Obama selected EPA veteran Gina McCarthy, 57, to replace Lisa Jackson as EPA administrator and MIT scientist Ernest Moniz, 68, to take over for Steven Chu as Energy secretary.... Read More »

 

CAFE plan unlikely to change despite EPA chief's departure

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 31, 2012
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's departure is unlikely to affect the strict fuel economy deal she helped broker, says a spokeswoman for auto manufacturers.... Read More »

 

Jackson to step down as Obama's EPA chief

11:37 am U.S. ET | Dec. 27, 2012
Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson, one of the key players in raising federal fuel-efficiency standards to 54.5 mpg by 2025, is stepping down from her post after a tenure of almost four years marked by battles with Republicans who fought her proposed environmental regulations.... Read More »