We Need a Science Champ at the EPA
The Senate will soon vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to lead the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency responsible for
setting standards under our nation's environmental laws that protect our
health and climate. As we face ever-greater threats from global warming
and air pollution,
the
EPA needs a strong leader who will act on the best available science.
From her work on the Northeast's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
(RGGI) to her role in developing historic clean car standards,
Gina McCarthy has demonstrated her dedication to using the best
available science to inform decisions on critical public health and
environmental issues. If confirmed, she will continue the EPA's
proud history of science-based decision making and transparency.
Despite McCarthy's decades of experience and hard-earned reputation for
pragmatic, non-partisan decision making, some senators are opposing her
confirmation. They are attacking McCarthy with false claims about the
economic impacts of lifesaving clean air standards.
The EPA needs a clean air and science champion like Gina McCarthy.
Urge
your senators to support Gina McCarthy's nomination as the next
administrator of the EPA and confirm her without delay.
Sincerely,
Chrissy Elles
Outreach Specialist
Climate & Energy Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading U.S.
science-based nonprofit organization working for a healthy environment and a
safer world. Founded in 1969, UCS is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
and also has offices in Berkeley, Chicago and Washington, D.C. To subscribe or
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