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...first African-American head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lisa Jackson is already a historic figure. Yet, it's her response to the threat of climate change that will ultimately decide her legacy. On April 17, Jackson's EPA issued an endangerment finding on greenhouse gases, concluding that carbon dioxide and other emissions posed a threat to public health and welfare. That potentially opens the door for the EPA to directly regulate greenhouse gases, which would represent the most far-reaching action in the agency's history. Jackson spoke with TIME's Bryan Walsh about the endangerment finding, balancing...
...entire campus environmental community,” Arnold said. A sense of optimism pervaded this year’s awards ceremony, as attendees and speakers repeatedly mentioned the recent elections that have ushered in an administration that prioritizes environmental issues. The ceremony began with a tribute to Lisa P. Jackson, the new administrator of the EPA. The Obama administration was also feted with a video of First Lady Michelle Obama’s recent address to the EPA, in which she said, “The EPA is at the center of President Obama’s highest priorities...
Steinbrueck—who served on the Seattle City Council for 10 years and has served as an urban planning and sustainability consultant since—was nominated for the fellowship by Lisa Richmond, the Executive Director of American Institute of Architects Seattle...
...game at 9-6. Halpern broke Columbia’s scoring run, though, to pull the game within two halfway through the second half in a back-and-forth contest. “Their coach is a fighter,” Flood said. “[Harvard coach Lisa] Miller actually coached Columbia’s coach, so I’m sure [she was] excited and I’m sure she told her players to get after it hard. We’ve been having some trouble lately, and I’m sure they looked...
...service leading by a 3-1 margin. “I saw the announcement at the top of my page, and I have yet to sit down and read them carefully and think about how they are going to affect how I will use Facebook,” said Lisa S. Rotenstein ’11. Although it appears that the poll will not draw the necessary amount of votes, Zuckerberg wrote on his blog that “even if these new proposed documents are defeated, we will still find ways to involve you in the governance process...