Gina McCarthy Takes CEO Job at Natural Resources Defense Council

"An environmental group that has sued the Trump administration nearly 100 times announced Tuesday that it has hired Gina McCarthy, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama, as its new president and chief executive.

In a phone interview Tuesday, McCarthy, who headed the EPA from July 2013 until January 2017, said she was joining the Natural Resources Defense Council to fight for stronger environmental protections and address the challenge of climate change.

“I really didn’t want to sit on the sidelines. So the question was where to go,” she said, adding that the current administration “is trying to undo not only fundamental protections that have been in place under multiple administrations, but it’s undermining the science and the work of scientists to protect the environment and the public.”"

Juliet Eilperin reports for the Washington Post November 5, 2019.

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Source: Washington Post, 11/06/2019