Now she'll have more time to spend with her dog, Richard: EPA's Lisa Jackson to step down

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Lisa P. Jackson of E.P.A. to Step Down – NYTimes.com

Ms. Jackson has said that she used the second account because her public e-mail address was widely known and that her e-mail alias — “Richard Windsor” — derived from the name of her dog and her former home in Windsor Township, N.J..

 

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Gary Pate
December 27, 2012 8:44 am

Her dog’s name is Dick???

Theo Goodwin
December 27, 2012 9:04 am

She was totally tight lipped. She recited her talking points and not another word. Please, please, let us have no more of that. Even if she is replaced by the Green Monster, let it be someone who has something to say and who can articulate it. But I doubt it. I think Obama insists on the tight lipped messengers.

December 27, 2012 9:07 am

Promoted to the U.N. , and we still pay her wages and she will still mess with Texas.
A “real hate infested Earth First” person will replace her.

Colin in BC
December 27, 2012 9:09 am

I happily say, “Good Riddance.” However, as others have stated, her replacement will likely be as bad as she was at implementing job-destroying regulation.

December 27, 2012 9:10 am

John West says:December 27, 2012 at 8:16 am

There’s a federal push right now to remove PFOS from manufacturing.

A little amplification might be needed by others on this –
I’m assuming the PFOS you’re referring to is Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid or perfluorooctane sulfonate.
Used to be used in such product as 3M’s consumer products as “Scotchgard” (fabric stain and water repellent).
Wiki is full of both info and ominous warnings regarding PFOS.
Note that the “primary American producer of PFOS, 3M, announced, in May 2000, the phaseout of the production of PFOS, PFOA, and PFOS-related products. PFOS and PFOS-related chemicals are currently produced in China.
Various uses include (per wiki; I remind readers about the caveat regarding ‘ominous’ above):
– PFOS was the key ingredient in Scotchgard, a fabric protector made by 3M, and numerous stain repellents.
– PFOS, together with PFOA, has also been used to make aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), a component of fire-fighting foams, and alcohol-type concentrate foams.
– PFOS compounds can be also found in some impregnation agents for textiles, paper, and leather; in wax, polishes, paints, varnishes, and cleaning products for general use; in metal surfaces, and carpets.
– In the semiconductor industry, PFOS is used in multiple photolithographic chemicals including: photoacid generators (PAGs) and anti-reflective coatings (ARCs). It has been phased out in the European Union semiconductor industry due to health concerns.
– In Skydrol, a hydraulic fluid used in commercial aviation.
The most important emission sources of PFOS are metal plating and fire-fighting foams.[20]
(Per wiki; I remind readers about the caveat regarding ‘ominous’ above)
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theduke
December 27, 2012 9:17 am

Here’s a guy, now working for the Sierra Club, who has the qualifications Obama is looking for as well as the requisite experience in vigorously (ahem) enforcing EPA regulations:
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/environmental-problems-and-policies/armendariz-joins-sierra-club/

pat
December 27, 2012 9:17 am

This insufferably gullible, corrupt fool will only be replaced by another of her ilk.

December 27, 2012 9:26 am

Ferlin Huskey song, “Gone”
Part of the first line fits:
“Shes gone, the moon the sun, the stars in the sky know the reason why…………”
Sing it with a happy wailing sound,,

December 27, 2012 9:30 am

Judging by the comments on the New York Times, the brain washing by the media is almost fully complete!

Lyle
December 27, 2012 9:41 am

Wonder if Peter Glick has seen any job offers?

oeman50
December 27, 2012 9:57 am

Steve says:
December 27, 2012 at 8:11 am
My thoughts are that she was not hard enough on industry for Obama, the next one will be much more difficult to work with.
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My sources (from an industry directly in the crosshairs) indicate she was held back by the White House for political reasons on more than a few occasions. The oncoming “regulatory cliff” cited by Inhofe is the result of such hold backs.

Frank K.
December 27, 2012 10:01 am

Curiousgeorge says:
December 27, 2012 at 7:36 am
“The question now becomes who will replace her, and will he/she be better or worse?”
Here’s the super secret “short list” for replacing Jackson:
* Joe Romm
* Michael Mann
* Jim Hansen
* Al Gore
* David Gregory (he may be looking for a new job soon…)
/sarc

Chris B
December 27, 2012 10:02 am

Full name of Lisa’s dog, Richard “Scoop” Windsor III, (pronounced “The Turd”)

J Martin
December 27, 2012 11:01 am

So Obama has decided to replace two of his lap dogs, at NOAA and the EPA. Gotta wonder why.

Gail Combs
December 27, 2012 11:04 am

John West says:
December 27, 2012 at 8:16 am
theduke says:
….More and more often these activists with a complete lack of understanding have managed to gain political and more disturbingly scientific backing.
The moto seems to be: I don’t need evidence, I’ve got credibility.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
And to make matters worse the courts have stated the bureaucrats word is GOLDEN. So we have moved to the point where authorities are making sure that no appeal of a bureaucrats decision is ever made possible.

EPA Litigation: On Thursday, by a 6 to 2 vote the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (often called the second most important Federal court behind the US Supreme Court) rejected a petition to re-hear a decision by a panel of the court which ruled against those who appealed the EPA finding that GHG, particularly CO2, endanger human health and welfare, Endangerment Finding (EF). The decision was disappointing, but expected. The only avenue left is to petition the Supreme Court to hear the case. It would be surprising if the Supreme Court did so.
As stated in prior TWTWs, the EPA claimed in court the models are valid and there is a 90 to 99 percent certainty in the science, largely derived from the IPCC AR4. Already the EPA is advancing intensified regulations based on court protection of its EF. The economic consequences may become extremely harmful. A critical issue behind the court decision is that the Federal appeal courts will not permit challenges to science as promulgated by Federal agencies.….
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/12/23/weekly-climate-and-energy-news-roundup-74/

What a mess.
The only question left is when will they completely break the USA and bankrupt her. Our manufacturing is gone and the factories packed-up and shipped overseas. Once Obama & Co. finish with the USA we will literally be starting from scratch with a ~$20+ trillion dollar debt hanging round our neck. An education system that produces semi-illiterates, no mining or agriculture allowed and laws that hamstring any and all start-up business.
I guess that Al Gore really meant it

“While presenting a national award to a Colorado FFA member, Gore asked the student what his/her life plans were. Upon hearing that the FFA member wanted to continue on in production agriculture, Gore reportedly replied that the young person should develop other plans because our production agriculture is being shifted out of the U.S. to the Third World.”

But he wasn’t just talking of agriculture.
Is there a betting pool started yet?

Bruce Cobb
December 27, 2012 11:06 am

Maybe now she can find something more useful to do than destroying the U.S. economy and trashing the Constitution.

Tom J
December 27, 2012 11:21 am

May I humbly suggest that Lisa Jackson may be stepping down as head of the EPA because she’s maybe being investigated by the FBI for possibly having run guns to Mexico in ‘Fast and Furious.’ Whoops, silly me. ‘Fast and Furious’ was an ATF program (except, of course, for the ATF agent in Mexico who, of course, had no reason to know about it), or a State Dept. program, or a Justice Dept. program, or a… Well, it certainly wasn’t an EPA program, so that was stupid of me. Hey, I know, she was being investigated by the FBI for having an extramarital affair and she decided to get down, er, I mean step down, while the stepping was good. Whoops, she’s not the head of the CIA, it’s not immediately after the election, and there’s no apparent scandal. Oh, silly me again. Wait, now I think I know. This is it. Barack Obama’s determined that John Holdren’s a better fit for the EPA than our Lisa. Unless, of course, Barack Obama’s determined that Valerie Jarrett is the right person for the right time. So what’s the bet here? John or Valerie? Yikes.

Stephen Richards
December 27, 2012 11:23 am

It will make no difference to the EPA or the Kenyan’s objectives. The EPA will continue Oblarny’s strategy until America is communist, run like Europe with no means to dislodge the ruling party socialists. Extreme , I know, but that is exactly what he has done. Like the EU, he bypasses the demcratic process through a commissioning channel which issues regulations and directions to do the bidding of the Democrats.
It’s peculiar, Juliar, that non-democratic parties the world over always have democratic in their titles.

Stephen Richards
December 27, 2012 11:24 am

Incidently, she may turn up at the National Labour Board or somewhere else that obarmy needs a witch doctor.

John from CA
December 27, 2012 11:29 am

Thank Heavens Lisa is finally gone!!!

Nigel S
December 27, 2012 11:29 am

Gregory: “The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
Holmes: “That was the curious incident.”

J Martin
December 27, 2012 11:33 am

Gail. The only avenue left is to petition the Supreme Court to hear the case. It would be surprising if the Supreme Court did so.
Because that would expose the US legal system to questions about the way it is currently set up, managed, maintained, influenced, manipulated, biased, politicised, etc etc.
There is a growing need for adjustment of our so-called independent judicial systems as they increasingly demonstrate their intellectual inability to comprehend the complexity of scientific and moral / ethical cases brought before them.
I would suggest that the US (and other) judiciarys have become polluted by the assumption that one of their roles is to act in the cause of the (perceived) greater good without questioning the validity of that assumption. There can be little doubt that the standards of intellectual achievement of those who would judge us has seen a dumbing down over recent years, decades even.
It would seem that all too many courts are little more than rubber stamps for politicians wishes nowadays.
Just another step on the way towards the breakdown / implosion of society.

Mark Bofill
December 27, 2012 12:40 pm

[snip . . c’mon now, you can be more lucid than that . . mod]

December 27, 2012 1:21 pm

Gail Combs says December 27, 2012 at 11:04 am

The only question left is when will they completely break the USA and bankrupt her. Our manufacturing is gone and the factories packed-up and shipped overseas.

Not. Quite. Yet.
Manufacturing is not quite gone yet. Of course, I don’t know what you read for ‘news’ or what social circles you might frequent so maybe that is the only conclusion one in your position can arrive at?
A few biggies as an example to the stated ‘contrary’ view:

12-27-2012 Ford investing $6.2 billion, creating 12,000 new jobs by 2015
Ford Motor Co. plans to invest $6.2 billion to expand its U.S. manufacturing base, a move that will help it save 3,240 existing jobs and add another 12,000 positions by 2015.
A large chunk of the investment will go into the maker’s home state of Michigan, which will see the addition of 2,350 new jobs.
– – – – –
25 Big Companies Betting On America
Economic uncertainty around the globe has made corporations wary of making big bets, despite the trillions of dollars sitting on balance sheets. That doesn’t mean companies have completely given up on investment though, and according to the Progressive Policy Institute these 25 are the biggest investors in America, based on fiscal 2011 capital expenditure figures.
– – – – – –

Statements made in measured tones is one thing, indicating the shifting global ‘focus’ where goods are manufactured; blanket statements made in absolute terms colliding with ‘fact’, like what follows, are quite another: “Our manufacturing is gone and the factories packed-up and shipped overseas.
.

December 27, 2012 1:23 pm

If Lisa’s dog was named “Suppository”….and her township was “Bendover”….
then her E-nom de plume would match….
the treatment she’s been barking at America’s industry !