Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a four-year tenure that began with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change
and other environmental ills but ended with a series of rear-guard
actions to defend the agency against challenges from industry,
Republicans in Congress and, at times, the Obama White House.
Ms. Jackson, 50, told President Obama shortly after his re-election in
November that she wanted to leave the administration early next year.
She informed the E.P.A. staff of her decision on Thursday morning and
issued a brief statement saying that she was confident “the ship is
sailing in the right direction.”
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