Head of EPA made progress, despite lack of support

Marketplace: It's turnover time for key members of the Obama administration. And this morning the head of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, announced she's leaving before the second term starts. Jackson departs a day after the U.S. economy stepped on the energy scale. And, guess what, we're skinnier. According to the Energy Information agency, Americans consumed 3 percent less energy than last year. And consumption is trending down. Our cars guzzle less, in part because of Jackson's agency. "A big driver of that...

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