The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joined labor and green leaders at a Gary rally Tuesday evening, saying Americans do not have to choose between keeping jobs and protecting the environment. “That is a false choice,” said Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator. “This is a new path, this is different, but it’s one where our economy and our environment move hand in hand.” About 150 people from the manufacturing and environmental communities gathered at McBride Hall, headquarters of United Steelworkers District 7, in support of a clean energy economy and the new jobs that would come with it. The rally was part of the “Made in America Jobs Tour” organized by the Blue Green Alliance and the Alliance for Climate Protection’s “Repower America” campaign. The campaign kicked off Aug. 20 in Cleveland and will travel to 22 states. “It was great that the administrator of the EPA recognized the importance of our region and of Gary to move this forward,” said Lin Kaatz Chary, a Gary resident and environmentalist. “There’s no reason that we can’t reinvent ourselves as a center of green jobs and green energy.”
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