During an event with youth environmental leaders at Howard University , Jackson was asked by students about the controversial proposed Keystone Pipeline , she said that " To me , it 's awesome ; it 's awesome that we 're having this conversation in this country . This should be a moment where we 're having a big conversation . " She also urged caution on the proposed project saying that " This is n't a little tiny pipeline ; this is a pipeline that cuts our country literally in half . " Jackson has spoken out against the Senate Joint Resolution 26 ( the Murkowski Amendment ) , which would take away the EPA 's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act , which was expanded by the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency . Regulations that Senator Lisa Murkowski calls an " economic train-wreck . " In an op-ed in the Huffington Post on the Murkowski Amendment , Jackson said that " now is not the time to take a big step backward , by doubling down on the kinds of energy and environmental policies that keep America addicted to oil . " Jackson has argued against claims by lobbying groups and members of congress that the EPA is responsible for a " train wreck " of new clean air regulations and the effect of existing EPA regulations on the economy . Jackson said that " Big polluters are lobbying Congress for loopholes to use our air and water as dumping grounds . The result wo n't be more jobs ; it will be more mercury in our air and water and more health threats to our kids . " During her tenure as head of the EPA , Jackson received criticism from the coal industry and Republican members of the House and Senate , most notably Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe , for claims of the EPA overreaching on regulating toxins released from coal ash and power plant mercury emissions . Senator Inhofe , who 's a ranking member on the Senate Committee on the Environment , and does not believe that human activity causes global climate change , called on Jackson to reconsider new greenhouse gas regulations after the Climatic Research Unit email controversy . With Jackson responding saying that " The science behind climate change is settled , and human activity is responsible for global warming , " and that " That conclusion is not a partisan one . " Though Jackson and Inhofe have conflicted views on Environmental issues , in an interview he called her " One of my favorite Liberals . " On December 13 , 2012 , the Assistant Inspector General notified the EPA they would be conducting an audit into record keeping practices associated with the use of private email accounts by Lisa Jackson under the name of " Richard Windsor . " The Justice Department has agreed to release 12,000 emails at a rate of 3000 per week from this account beginning January 14 , 2013 in response to a lawsuit brought by a Washington attorney
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Lisa P. Jackson