Former EPA chief spreads hope to UVM students

Former EPA head Gina McCarthy. Photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Young Americans should remain hopeful and take action, but they’ll need to use persuasion and “suck it up” to accomplish change, the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama told UVM students Friday night.
Gina McCarthy, a former community health worker who went on to lead the nation’s top environmental organization, spoke of optimism, law and science to throngs of