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Janet McCabe

Janet McCabe

American lawyer

Janet Garvin McCabe is an American attorney and academic who serves as the deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency since April 29, 2021.[1]

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Education

McCabe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctor from Harvard University.[2]

Career

McCabe served as the air director of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management from 1999 to 2005 before joining the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 as principal deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. From July 2013 to January 2017, she served as acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. After leaving government, McCabe became the director of the Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University and a professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.[3]

On January 15, 2021, it was announced that McCabe would be Joe Biden's nominee for deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.[4][5] McCabe was confirmed by the US Senate on April 27, 2021, by a vote of 52–42.[6] She was sworn in as Deputy Administrator on April 29, 2021.

References

  1. [1]
    US EPA, OA (October 23, 2014). "EPA Deputy Administrator". US EPA. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Janet McCabe | Midwest Climate Summit | Washington University in St. Louis". midwestclimatesummit.wustl.edu. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Faculty & Staff Experts: Janet McCabe". Indiana University. January 15, 2021. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. [4]
    Beitsch, Rebecca (January 15, 2021). "Biden taps Janet McCabe to serve as deputy at EPA". The Hill. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  5. [5]
    Gibson, London; Bowman, Sarah (January 15, 2021). "Biden picks Hoosier Janet McCabe to be No. 2 at the Environmental Protection Agency". Indy Star.
  6. [6]
    "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session". United States Senate. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
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