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Ex-EPA chief Whitman says no need for Scott Pruitt’s spending on security, travel
By Charles Stile USA TODAY Network April 11, 2018 Christie Todd Whitman knows what it's like to sit behind the desk in the wood-paneled executive office on the third floor of the Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington, D.C. [...]
Here’s What the EPA’s Website Looks Like After a Year of Climate Change Censorship
By Laignee Barron TIME March 1, 2018 Throughout the Trump administration’s first year in office, the Environmental Protection Agency has been quietly scrubbing mentions of climate change and tweaking related language on its website – an effort critics have decried as scientific censorship. [...]
National task force will fix a democracy damaged by Trump
nj.com By Times of Trenton Editorial Board February 9, 2018 You know you've entered strange times when two respected heavy-hitters with opposing political perspectives feel impelled to form a task force to monitor the actions of their president. [...]
FORMER NJ GOV. WHITMAN TO CHAIR NATIONAL TASK FORCE TO FIX U.S. DEMOCRACY
NS Spotlight Colleen O'Dea February 1, 2018 Task force to battle the erosion of American values in politics and government, and undo the tone of anger and hate of current administration. [...]
Editorial: Gurbir Grewal, historic choice for attorney general
northjersey.com December 12, 2017 Attorneys general matter. That’s true on the federal level. It’s true on the state level. That’s why Jeff Sessions’ appointment as U.S. attorney general remains troubling. And why Gov.-elect Phil Murphy’s Tuesday announcement that he has chosen Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal for state attorney general is so encouraging. [...]
Ruckelshaus, Reilly, Babbitt, Whitman Say No to Pebble Mine
NRDC By Joel Reynolds December 12, 2017 Unprecedented bipartisan statement calls Pebble “wrong mine in wrong place” [...]
EPA Rollbacks Put People in ‘Grave Danger’
CNN/Newsmax By Joe Crowe October 24, 2017 Changes to environmental regulations by Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt could put people in "grave danger," according to Christine Todd Whitman, who was EPA administrator under George W. Bush. [...]
Obamacare repeal effort is counting on states to shoulder the burden — but states don’t want it
CNBC By John Harwood September 25, 2017 Flickering hopes to repeal Obamacare this year rest on a simple Republican argument: By the virtues of federalism, states will do it better than Washington. [...]
Trump Budget’s Cuts to Climate ‘Totally Inexplicable,’ Former Agency Heads Say
InsideClimate News By Georgina Gustin May 26, 2017 'I think we’re going to see a huge backlash,' said former Bush EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman. [...]
Trump Administration Says It Isn’t Anti-Science As It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office
ProPublica By Lisa Song May 24, 2017 The Office of Research and Development has been at frontlines of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half. [...]
Where have all the centrists gone? A look at why American politics is so dysfunctional
SALON By Matthew Rosza May 7, 2017 American politics is seeing the death of centrism — and it may be having disastrous effects [...]
America’s Canary in a coal mine
Explorepartsunknown.com By Brian Donahue April 4, 2017 At times, this is what it can feel like to live in and explore New Jersey these days—like everything is falling apart. It feels like maybe the rest of the world should be paying more attention. [...]