While dozens of states and hundreds of members of Congress are fighting the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency is fighting back.
Speaking in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, McCarthy admitted she was disappointed about the recent U.S. Supreme Court stay of the controversial plan.
“Sure, I really wanted to be the one to sign that very first state plan approved,” she said at the IHS CERAWeek in Houston. “But, does it slow down this country’s transition to a low carbon future? Absolutely not.”
The Energy Times Newsletter quoted McCarthy.
“The stay does not overturn years of effort and state, federal and stakeholder collaboration on the Clean Power Plan. We now understand this landscape incredibly well. We’ve developed partnerships that we know will endure—within and between states and across the utility industry.”
She believes the Obama administration policies are succeeding in pivoting the nation’s energy economy to a more sustainable future.
“This is exactly the kind of market momentum we’ve been thinking about and hoping for,” said McCarthy.
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