Gina McCarthy Quotes

• Los críticos juegan un juego peligroso cuando denuncian la ciencia y la ley que la EPA ha utilizado para defender el aire limpio durante más de 40 años. El pueblo estadounidense sabe que no es así.

  Gina McCarthy

  Air, Years, Law

  "U.S. EPA: We need tougher ozone standards" by Gina McCarthy, money.cnn.com. November 26, 2014.

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• Transparency is all about letting in and embracing new ideas, new technology and new approaches. No individual, entity or agency, no matter how smart, how old, or how experienced, can afford to stop learning.

  Gina McCarthy

  Smart, Technology, Agency

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• The climate change is real today, but also the solutions that we have available to us that are cost-effective and beneficial to everyone are at our disposal now.

  Gina McCarthy

  Real, Today, Climate Change

  Fuente: www.politico.com

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• Climate change is the greatest threat of our time.

  Gina McCarthy

  Change, Climate, Threat

  "EPA boss: Climate change could kill thousands". www.cnn.com. June 22, 2015.

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• Greenhouse gas pollution, through its contribution to global climate change, presents a significant threat to Americans health and to the environment upon which our economy and security depends.

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  Climate, Environment, Pollution

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• The EPA's greenhouse gas regulations, along with a host of other onerous regulations, are unnecessarily driving out conventional fuels as part of America's energy mix. The consequences are higher energy prices for families and a contraction of our nation's economic growth.

  Gina McCarthy

  America, Growth, Regulation

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• I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.

  Gina McCarthy

  Rooms, Process, Democratic

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• I think climate change is probably the most extreme, and it's been going on for years because it's very difficult to talk about a planetary issue like climate change and to get people who live within four-year electoral cycles to actually pay attention to something that you predict is happening way in the future.

  Gina McCarthy

  Pensamiento, Gente, Atención

  Fuente: www.politico.com

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• But I will tell you that I didn't go to Washington to sit around and wait for Congressional action. Never done that before, and don't plan to in the future.

  Gina McCarthy

  Waiting, Done, Action

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• We need an international solution to the challenge of climate change, there's no question about it. But the real key is, can you actually get that - or get that solution - without the US' involvement? Can you not lead domestically, and expect the rest of the world will take action... the US needs to lead, we need to be out there.

  Gina McCarthy

  Real, Keys, Challenges

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• EPA gets to set a standard for new. For the existing, EPA sets guidelines for what we think is appropriate, but then states develop plans that work for them, taking into consideration their specific energy mix.

  Gina McCarthy

  Thinking, Energy, Epa

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• I don't think any administration, when they come in, thinks that their job is to tell the scientists what the science looks like or to be quiet about the science. Scientists need to remain true and not allow science to be politicized. Scientists are not politicians, and no politician should consider themselves to be a scientist.

  Gina McCarthy

  Thinking, Quiet, Politician

  Fuente: www.politico.com

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• If coal wants a place in a carbon-constrained future, they have to look at technology like this. And we think that our rule can help stimulate technology, growth, and innovation, bring those costs down, and allow coal a more stable opportunity to continue to be invested in.

  Gina McCarthy

  Tecnología, Oportunidad, Pensamiento

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it.

  Gina McCarthy

  Blood, Shy, Controversy

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• States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.

  Gina McCarthy

  Oil, Regulation, Gains

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• When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards.

  Gina McCarthy

  Technology, Pollution Control, Impact

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• I definitely challenge people. But hopefully, I am working harder than anybody else, and so people won't resent the fact that I want them to work hard, as well.

  Gina McCarthy

  Hard Work, People, Challenges

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• We are very confident that the data is showing that carbon capture and sequestration is technologically feasible and it's available. It has been successfully demonstrated and there are full-scale both conventional and unconventional coal projects with CCS that are moving forward. So there is no question that there's continued investment in this technology.

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  Moving, Technology, Data

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• But just [proposing the standard] puts companies on notice that if you're looking to construct a new natural-gas or coal facility, you really need to pay attention to these. This is what they should be designing new facilities toward as soon as this proposal hits the streets.

  Gina McCarthy

  Design, Needs, Attention

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• There is no threshold level of fine particle pollution below which health risk reductions are not achieved by reduced exposure.

  Gina McCarthy

  Risk, Levels, Pollution

  "Pruitt promised polluters EPA will value their profits over American lives" by Dana Nuccitelli, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2018.

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• I think that one of our most difficult international challenges is clearly climate change and making sure that the Paris agreement goes forward. While I think the international community understands that President Trump is not taking the same position as President Obama.

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  Thinking, Community, Challenges

  Fuente: www.politico.com

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• Even if there's controversy, I'm going to make the decision, and people are going to be happy in one instance and unhappy in the next. But that's the job I've been given and the job I'm going to embrace.

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  Empleo, Personas, Decisión

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• When consumers do not take full advantage of efficiency gains, it is because they are weighing other factors that influence their decision making. When the federal government arbitrarily places one of those factors over others, it makes consumers worse off.

  Gina McCarthy

  Government, Decision, Gains

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• People are not running to build coal facilities because of the price of natural gas, but we do see them being constructed, and there is an interest in fuel diversity, so we took the exercise pretty seriously.

  Gina McCarthy

  Running, Exercise, People

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• Any first-generation technology will. But we are looking at carbon the same way we look at every pollutant under the Clean Air Act; we look for the new technologies that are available. We recognize that these power plants are going to be around for decades.

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  Technology, Air, Generations

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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