Energy and Environment

EPA head Gina McCarthy, Republicans clash over climate change, coal

By Steve Contorno
Published September 18, 2013 4:00am ET
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EPA head Gina McCarthy, Republicans clash over climate change, coal
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testify before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The energy panel meeting Wednesday comes just days before a deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to release a revised proposal setting the first-ever limits on carbon dioxide from newly built power plants. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) | Cliff Owen

Gina McCarthy got an earful Wednesday from Republicans in her first appearance before Congress since she was named head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

In a House committee hearing focused on climate change, McCarthy was grilled by EPA-critical Republicans on the Obama administration’s second-term agenda to curb global warming.

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