NYTimes’ Bob Semple on EPA & Energy Bill

4.20.11: Since before President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Bob Semple has been covering politics for The New York Times. NNR producer, Sarah Bacon, talks with the Times environmental editorial writer about the future of the besieged EPA, whether we can expect a federal energy bill in the near future and whether Obama has the political capital to pass it, and how to get people to give a damn about the environment.

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