The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday will be preaching the good word of climate change on the campus of the Catholic university of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Gina McCarthy, the embattled head of the agency, will give remarks on the “moral obligation for climate action,” EPA announced Thursday, just moments after Pope Francis delivered remarks to a joint session of Congress calling on both Democrats and Republicans to face down global warming.
McCarthy’s speech will continue President Obama’s push to promote his climate change agenda, at the center of which are EPA emission rules for power plants. The GOP leadership says the rules will raise energy costs and cause power outages. The pope came out in support of the regulations on Wednesday when he spoke with the president at the White House.
“McCarthy will visit Notre Dame to speak about the need for action on behalf of those who bear the brunt of the effects of climate change and the steps the U.S. is taking to meet that challenge,” according to EPA.
“McCarthy will lead a discussion with students and faculty on protecting public health by sparking innovations in a clean energy economy,” the agency added. She will then participate in a press conference with Father John Jenkins, the president of the university, on “various environmental and sustainability topics, as well as Notre Dame’s recent commitment to cut its carbon [emissions] footprint.”
