EPA Gina McCarthy (3) Real Climate Progress

U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy says the the new carbon rules will tell the international community that the U.S. is serious about reducing emissions.

It's hard to speak for the international community, McCarthy seems to say, and certainly she has no mandate or authority to regulate their efforts, or lack thereof, on climate change.  However, there is real precedent that the US can set for the world to see and some real progress to forge on our climate action plan.  It isn't about fighting domestically either, she adds, rather about acknowledging how bound up ecology and economics are (hence, Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics conference).  Everyone has to acknowledge that environment must be part and parcel of how countries grow their economies.  Very well said!