EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s Full Statement of Resignation

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Outgoing EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson released the following full public statement of resignation on Thursday, published to the EPA website:

I want to thank President Obama for the honor he bestowed on me and the confidence he placed in me four years ago this month when he announced my nomination as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. At the time I spoke about the need to address climate change, but also said: “There is much more on the agenda: air pollution, toxic chemicals and children’s health issues, redevelopment and waste-site cleanup issues, and justice for the communities who bear disproportionate risk.” As the President said earlier this year when he addressed EPA’s employees, “You help make sure the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat are safe. You help protect the environment not just for our children but their children. And you keep us moving toward energy independence…We have made historic progress on all these fronts.” So, I will leave the EPA confident the ship is sailing in the right direction, and ready in my own life for new challenges, time with my family and new opportunities to make a difference.

The White House also released a statement from President Obama, praising Jackson’s work during her four year tenure (she assumed office January 2009 and will step down following the President’s State of the Union in January 2013). No official shortlist of replacements for Jackson has yet been released, but energy bloggers have begun floating their own

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