Whitman: Meeting State Emissions Goals Difficult Without Indian Point Nuclear Plant

City & State By Michael Gareth Johnson April 20, 2016 Last summer, President Barack Obama introduced his Clean Power Plan with a goal of cutting carbon emissions by 32 percent (below 2005 levels) by 2030. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed an even more ambitious plan of 50 percent renewable levels by 2030. But that goal appears difficult to reach if Cuomo continues to push for a shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, according to former New Jersey Gov. and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman. [...]

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The Record: Brava, Whitman

The Record December 18, 2015 CHRISTIE HAS something to say. And in this case it is not Governor Christie, but former Gov. Christie Whitman. In a scathing opinion piece published by Politico on Wednesday and in an interview with Record Washington Correspondent Herb Jackson published Thursday, Whitman pulls no punches when it comes to the candidacy of Donald Trump and the current state of the Republican Party. [...]

By |2015-12-19T03:22:45-05:00|All Posts, News|0 Comments

How climate change became so politicized

CBS NEWS By Brian Mastroianni December 3, 2015 During a news conference at the COP21 climate conference in Paris on Tuesday, President Obama had some words for the Republicans hoping to win his job: "Everyone else is taking climate change really seriously." In other countries, he said, "They think it's a really big problem. It spans political parties." [...]

By |2015-12-04T02:58:09-05:00|All Posts, News|0 Comments

Responding to the Paris Aftermath

Huffington Post By Christine Todd Whitman November 19, 2015 As I watch governing officials react to the atrocities in Paris, Beirut, and on the Russian plane, I am stuck that, for the first time in this country, we are determining the status of people by their religion. I understand fully the need to protect, but banning all Muslims from entering a state begs the question of what do you do with practicing Muslims already within our borders? Who do we next automatically paint with such a broad brush, all those of Arab decent? Is this a repeat of the interment of all Japanese during WWII? Or of atrocities committed by another nation against people of one particular religion? [...]

Republicans & Democrats Agree: U.S. Security Demands Global Climate Action

Press Release PSA Bipartisan Climate Security Statement October 22, 2015 For years, America’s intelligence community and armed services have recognized climate change as a threat to U.S. national security – shaping a world that is more unstable, resource-constrained, violent, and disaster-prone. This issue is critically important to the world’s most experienced security planners. The impacts are real, and the costs of inaction are unacceptable. America’s elected leaders and private sector must think past tomorrow to focus on this growing problem, and take action at home and abroad. [...]

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