Fri, Nov 6, 2009 -- 5:30 PM

The EPA's New Region 9 Administrator
EPA administrator Lisa Jackson has appointed a new Region 9 administrator, including California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Guam. He's Jared Blumenfeld, now director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment where he's helped develop many innovative programs. We asked him why he wants to leave a job where he has a lot of power to shape policy, and take on one where he could get lost in the bureaucracy.

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