Former EPA Chief Carol Browner's Energy Industry Outlook for 2014
The agency’s ex-administrator discusses greenhouse gas regulation, the BP spill’s lessons, and more
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If you were still at the EPA, what would you prioritize?
The big news is the Environmental Protection Agency’s work to implement the president’s instructions on regulating greenhouse gases. It creates opportunities for the private sector, for states, to find new solutions. I ran the EPA for eight years, and the president never gave me a memo on the front end, saying “get something done.” The EPA finds itself in a position of not having to argue with the White House or OMB [the Office of Management and Budget] about whether to do something. They can focus on how to do it.