EPA Chief to Step Down

The New York Times
reports that Lisa Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency “after a four-year tenure that began
with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change and other
environmental ills but ended with a series of rear-guard actions to
defend the agency against challenges from industry, Republicans in
Congress and, at times, the Obama White House.”

BuzzFeed reports Jackson departs in part to her opposition to the controversial Keystone pipeline.