President Barack Obama is set to nominate Gina McCarthy, who currently leads the Environmental Protection Agency’s air and radiation office, to succeed Lisa Jackson as the head of the EPA. McCarthy has a history of speaking about heavy regulation and control to combat climate related issues.
On February 21, 2013 Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and who President Obama is rumored to pick to head the EPA, spoke of "future power plants" that would "use of carbon capture storage and technology" directed at coal and petroleum power plants.
"Now, let's talk a little bit about carbon pollution standard for new power plants which I like to call "future power plants" so there is a bit of a distinction and really what we're talking about regulating is future power plants. As you know, in March of 2012, EPA announced the first ever carbon pollution standard for future fossil fuel fired power plants. Power plants, as you know account for about 40 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, that's why we are paying attention to power plants. They are actually the single largest source of industrial greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.