Former EPA leaders question agency’s direction under Trump
“Under the current administration, the EPA is retreating from its historic mission,” says one former Republican EPA chief, who is among four scheduled to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
Something needs to be done (and it falls to the Congress to do it)
I have not been one to call for the impeachment of the President but given his increasingly erratic behavior however, something needs to be done and it falls to the Congress to do it...
Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman: Hard for moderate Republicans to find home in current GOP
In her visit to The Hermitage on Wednesday, New Jersey's former governor will speak on why when honoring our history we should look at the "good, the bad and the ugly."
This is the stuff of dictators
Someone needs to remind the President that he is the President of the United States -- and that means all of it. It means the people who voted against him, as well as those who voted for him...
Christie Whitman talks EPA & Fluid Politics
"On episode 68 of Sourcing Matters we welcome Governor Christine Todd Whitman, the Vice Chair of the Eisenhower Fellowships board of Trustees. Joining as co-host is Eisenhower Fellow, Jennifer Hashley – the founder of the The New Entry Sustainable Farming project, and Pete & Jen’s Backyard Birds."
Ex-Republican governor says Trump should be ’embarrassed’ for begging for a Nobel Prize
By Sarah K. Burris Raw Story February 18, 2019 Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ) said that President Donald Trump should be embarrassed for begging for a Nobel Peace Prize. [...]
What Howard Schultz — or any independent — needs to have a real shot
By Christine Todd Whitman CNN January 29, 2019 Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, said Sunday he was seriously considering a run for president as a "centrist independent." While we are both former elected officials of the two traditional parties, we feel passionately that Americans need an independent option. We aren't endorsing Schultz, but we are encouraged that a candidate closer to the center of the political spectrum may run. The only problem is that Schultz or someone like him stands almost no chance. [...]
The importance of independent, unbiased data
By Christine Todd Whitman The Hill January 24, 2019 The Trump administration’s latest revelation that perhaps thousands more kids have been separated from their families at the border, is yet another signal of how this administration seemingly manipulates facts and misleads the public — in ways that are slowly chipping away at our democracy's credibility and integrity. [...]
When it comes to clean and safe water we’re all in the same boat
By James J. Florio & Christine Todd Whitman Star Ledger December 2, 2018 It has been a rough year for New Jersey's water infrastructure. Every New Jerseyan has a stake in this issue, whether you are a parent pouring your child a glass of water, a firefighter or a manufacturer... [...]
Climate Change and Conservatism
By Christine Todd Whitman Harvard Law Review November 8, 2018 In early October, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming new report on the impact climate change will have on the planet by 2040. These new findings, reviewed by ninety-one international scientists, are worrisome because it now seems that disaster is possible with an even smaller increase in global temperatures than previously estimated. In fact, the report indicates that if urgent and unprecedented change does not take place, we are at risk of losing our planet to the effects of global warming – extreme heat, drought, floods, poverty and the like. [...]