Quoted: McCarthy urges Biden to link EPA rules to ‘green’ stimulus

Former Obama EPA chief and current Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) President Gina McCarthy is urging President-elect Joe Biden to combine stimulus spending with strict EPA regulations in order to achieve aggressive climate, pollution-reduction and conservation goals through a “green recovery.” In a Nov. 30 blog post , McCarthy writes that more stringent EPA rules governing carbon emissions from power plants and vehicles would make the “green” stimulus that a host of environmental and clean energy groups are seeking more...