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Pioneer In Science: Lisa P. Jackson of the EPA

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New Orleans native Lisa P. Jackson is administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She is the first African-American to serve the post. She started her career working for the EPA’s Superfund program, a system for cleaning up abandoned hazardous waste sites, industrial dumping grounds, or other areas deemed too polluted to live or work. She moved up the ladder quickly, eventually running the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency before being asked by the Obama administration to lead the EPA.Learn More

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TAGS: 2012, climate change, contaminants, dumping, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, global warming, hazardous, industrial, Lisa P. Jackson, natural sciences, Obama, Pioneer, Pioneers in Science, pollution, United States Environmental Protection Agency (Government Agency), waste

PLAYLISTS: Women In Science, Pioneers in Science

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Original Program Date: Thursday, January 1, 1970

Participants: Lisa P. Jackson

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