<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Sussing out some of the criticism of likely EPA head Lisa Jackson]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by ce1907 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-dep-impact/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:52:57 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-dep-impact/1 sucking up to the cool kids

let's all be a twitter, of course

but the tiny part about the poisoned kids not being on Lisa's watch -- a lie

]]> sucking up to the cool kids

let's all be a twitter, of course

but the tiny part about the poisoned kids not being on Lisa's watch -- a lie

]]> Comment #2 by BillS http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-dep-impact/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:28:55 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/transition-talk-dep-impact/2 Lisa Jackson

I think people should be less concerned with Jackson's performance in one or two programs.  She did well in some (air, sector-specific enforcement; not so well in others (site cleanup).  The real concern is her capacity to reform the world's largest environmental protection body and reestablish its horribly sullied reputation.  Does Jackson have the skills and energy to travel back and forth across the nation to sell new regulatory programs, stand up to remarkably well informed lawyers and scientists from both industry and environmental groups, and come out in the end with consensus?  Why did Obama choose this woman of middling accomplishments when a world class dynamo is needed in what may be the most critical period yet for EPA?  Does he know something the rest of us don't?  I hope so.

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I think people should be less concerned with Jackson's performance in one or two programs.  She did well in some (air, sector-specific enforcement; not so well in others (site cleanup).  The real concern is her capacity to reform the world's largest environmental protection body and reestablish its horribly sullied reputation.  Does Jackson have the skills and energy to travel back and forth across the nation to sell new regulatory programs, stand up to remarkably well informed lawyers and scientists from both industry and environmental groups, and come out in the end with consensus?  Why did Obama choose this woman of middling accomplishments when a world class dynamo is needed in what may be the most critical period yet for EPA?  Does he know something the rest of us don't?  I hope so.

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