By Christine Todd Whitman The Hill 13 May, 2011 As Congress faces the very real challenges of cutting federal spending and putting the country on the path to a balanced budget, it faces predictable pushback each time it identifies a program to cut. The magnitude of what lawmakers are trying to accomplish argues for a thoughtful approach that separates out short-term political and ideological cuts from the larger, more impactful ones. [...]
By Adam C. Smith St. Petersburg Times (FL) April 23, 2011 In these tough economic times, it's no surprise political leaders spend a lot less time talking about combating global warming than about the need to create jobs. But former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman says people should realize the implications of doing nothing. [...]
By Associated Press March 31, 2011 WASHINGTON — Two lawmakers are working to revive legislation in Congress to create a National Women’s History Museum in Washington after an earlier effort expired in the Senate. [...]
By Christine Todd Whitman Politico March 31, 2011 As a leading advocate for nuclear energy, it saddens me to see the news from Japan. Nuclear engineers, working under extremely dangerous circumstances, are in an hourly struggle to prevent disaster at that nation’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The stakes could not be higher. [...]
By Associated Press, Wednesday, March 30 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s bid to regulate greenhouse gases, after losing last year’s congressional debate over global warming, is making the Environmental Protection Agency the focus of Republican attacks on federal oversight. [...]
By John Collins Rudolf New York Times Green Blog March 28, 2011 The Republican assault on the Environmental Protection Agency, including a proposed bill to repeal the agency’s recent finding that carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases pose a threat to human health and welfare, goes too far, write two former E.P.A. chiefs, both appointed by Republican presidents. “Amid the virulent attacks on the E.P.A. driven by concern about overregulation, it is easy to forget how far we have come in the past 40 years,” William D. Ruckelshaus and Christine Todd Whitman write. “We should take heart from all this progress and not, as some in Congress have suggested, seek to tear down the agency that the president and Congress created to protect America’s health and environment.” [The Washington Post] [...]
By Gina Kramer East Windsor Patch March 27, 2011 The Melvin H. Kreps Middle School was in the spotlight Thursday night for its Peer-to-Peer program, when it was recognized during the East Windsor Regional Board of Education meeting Thursday night. [...]
By William D. Ruckelshaus and and Christine Todd Whitman Washington Post March 24, 2011 How soon we forget. [...]
By Michele S. Byers NJToday.net February 15, 2011 If New Jersey, the most crowded state in the country, doesn’t pay attention to open space and clean air and water, “we can forget about creating any more jobs.” [...]
By Jim Lauria Huffington Post February 14, 2011 As we men scramble to remember our sweethearts on this Valentine's Day, our thoughts tend to drift toward life's luxuries -- chocolates, roses and wine. But this Valentine's Day, I'm thinking about something much more fundamental -- water. Not just the water to refresh the roses, but the water that sustains us all. Valentine's Day seems to be a perfect time to thank women, billions of whom are committed to nourishing the world with clean, safe water. [...]