14 DAY TRIAL // Tim Cook has confirmed that Apple has offered Lisa Jackson a position within the company, and Mrs. Jackson accepted it, after leaving the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a controversial decision by the Obama administration to support the Keystone pipeline.
A chemical engineer by profession, Lisa Perez Jackson has served as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013.
Apple quickly tapped her after stepping down from her position with the governmental agency, giving her a job within the company’s environmental division.
Cook made the announcement (so to speak) at yesterday’s D11 conference hosted by All Things D.
“When you get larger, you get more attention. It comes with a territory. I think we’re doing incredible work. Environment for example. [Apple] is the first to eliminate all toxins in products. We ship the most efficient products. We own the largest solar farm of any non-utility firm. Lisa Jackson is joining Apple. She ran the EPA for the last four years. She will run environmental duties,” Cook said.