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Professor McCabe is Now Deputy EPA Administrator McCabe
04/27/2021
Janet McCabe, IU McKinney School of Law professor of practice and director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, has been confirmed by the United States Senate as deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Senate voted April 27 to confirm McCabe as President Joe Biden's pick to serve in the No. 2 position at the agency, where she'll join an administration that has pledged aggressive action on tackling the climate crisis.
McCabe previously served as acting assistant administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at the EPA under the Obama administration from July 2013 to January 2017 and as principal deputy in that office from 2009 to 2013. She has also been air director at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and she has held other environmental policy and management positions at IDEM and in Massachusetts.
"I'm honored to be returning to the EPA as deputy administrator and grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of the Environmental Resilience Institute and to teach the next generation of environmental lawyers at Indiana University these last four years," McCabe said in a statement released by IU after the vote. "I look forward to supporting the amazing EPA career staff in protecting public health and the environment around the country.
"The same challenges faced by farmers, businesses and communities in Indiana are also felt across the country. In my new role, I'll take with me the valuable lessons I've learned building a broad, bipartisan coalition to protect Indiana's economy and Hoosiers' health from the risks of environmental change. Just like in Indiana, these issues are critical to the long-term prosperity of the nation."
IU McKinney Law Dean Karen E. Bravo congratulated McCabe on her appointment.
"As a public servant, Janet has made many contributions to our state and nation, working to protect the environment and leading the conversation on environmental resilience,” Dean Bravo said. “We are so grateful that she shared her wisdom, scholarship and leadership with the IU McKinney community over the past few years and congratulate her on her confirmation today. We are immensely proud that she has been part of our faculty and wish her well as she continues this important work.”
