Obama's climate plan will survive even if Republican elected, EPA chief says
by Suzanne Goldenberg US environment correspondent from on (#DK7B)
Head of Environmental Protection Agency says carbon pollution rules that are main pillar of plan will also go ahead despite recent supreme court ruling
Barack Obama's main weapon in fighting climate change will survive even if Republicans win the White House in 2016, a key member of his administration said on Tuesday.
Gina McCarthy, who heads the Environmental Protection Agency, said the carbon pollution rules that are the main pillar of Obama's climate plan would go ahead as planned despite a "disappointing" supreme court ruling last week against another EPA rule for mercury and other toxins, and attacks on the agency's authority from Republican-led states.
