Obama thanks EPA's Jackson for service on environment
Posted : Thursday, 27 December 2012 10:44AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama thanked retiring Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson on Thursday for her service, praising her work on mercury pollution limits, fighting climate change, and helping set new fuel economy standards.
"Under her leadership, the EPA has taken sensible and important steps to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink," Obama said in a statement.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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