Lisa Jackson steps down as EPA administrator

US EPA administrator Lisa Jackson says that she will leave the agency after President Obama’s State of the Union address next month. Jackson, who informed EPA staff this morning, says she is confident she leaves a ship “sailing in the right direction.” Jackson’s resignation was expected, but it is uncertain who will take her place, Washington sources say. “[EPA] Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe is the presumptive successor, but other names are being circulated,” says Lynn Bergeson, partner at the law firm Bergeson &...

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