Gina McCarthy
Cognoscenti contributor
Gina McCarthy is the president and CEO of NRDC (National Resources Defense Council). She is a former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Recently published
Follow Science: That's How To Fight Climate Change — And How We Should Be Fighting The Pandemic
A raging pandemic, a devastating recession, a reckoning on race: Is it too much to ask Americans to also think about climate change? I don’t think so, writes Gina McCarthy....
Gina McCarthy: Discouraged By All The Bad Climate News? There's No Time For That
Clean air, clean water, healthy land, a stable planet -- those are values worth fighting for, writes Gina McCarthy.
It's Time To Take Climate Change Personally
Climate change is not just about protecting polar bears or people living in distant places. It’s not even about the “health” of the planet, writes former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy....