Back in June, President Obama announced a bold plan to address climate change. Now that Gina McCarthy has finally been confirmed as the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), advocates are counting on the agency to move quickly on the president's promises.

Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire and current CEO of the Securities Industries and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), recently wrote an opinion piece for The Hill attacking new environmental and public health standards and financial protections.

On July 6, an Asiana Airlines jet carrying over 300 passengers crashed when landing in San Francisco, CA, killing three female passengers and injuring many more. The exact cause of the crash remains uncertain pending a thorough investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). However, given that most passengers sustained only minor injuries, it is clear that the crash could have been much worse.

Yesterday, President Obama unveiled a broad plan aimed at curbing carbon pollution. In his new climate action plan (the most comprehensive one by a U.S. president to date), the president calls for expanding natural gas development as a cleaner energy source. While burning natural gas emits half the emissions as coal, the method used to develop the fossil fuel is anything but clean and could outweigh any benefits.