Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy’s trip to Missouri and her meeting with Republican members of the Senate have not silenced her critics, but McCarthy said in an in exclusive interview that she is glad she is making the effort, Jerry Hagstrom writes in his National Journal column today.

In a separate article, National Journal lists McCarthy as one of the five women who make energy policy in Washington.

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