Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is promoting the Clean Power Plan as a “fair” and “flexible” program despite the plan’s ironclad statewide carbon emission targets, collectively designed to meet a nationwide reduction of 32 percent by 2030. McCarthy emphasizes that states are in the “driver’s seat” to meet their targets, while President Obama singled out California as a model for states to follow in implementing the plan.