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. [...]
SALON By Matthew Rosza May 7, 2017 American politics is seeing the death of centrism — and it may be having disastrous effects [...]
New Jersey Opinion By Christine Todd Whitman and Ras Baraka May 1, 2017 As a former governor and administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and as a mayor of New Jersey's largest city, respectively, we are worried about water. We know that prosperous, healthy communities depend on modern, reliable water systems. [...]
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. [...]
Newsworks By Diane Stopyra April 6, 2017 President Trump's administration has proposed a federal budget that would cut the Environmental Protection Agency's allotment by 31 percent, or $2.6 billion and the equivalent of 3,200 jobs. [...]
Associated Press By Michael Catalini April 4, 2017 TRENTON - The country's one-time top environmental regulator is joining several fellow former New Jersey governors and elected officials in warning about the Trump administration's proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency. [...]
The Atlantic By Christine Todd Whitman March 31, 2017 Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, described the administration’s new spending proposal as a “hard-power budget,” and by design it echoes President Trump’s top campaign priorities—namely, national security. But to create additional funding for defense programs and immigration enforcement, the budget would cut funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent. [...]
U.S. Coast Guard News By David Santos, Director of Communications, U.S. Coast Guard Academy March 29, 2017 Former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman recently visited the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to speak about leadership and the Coast Guard’s future in the Arctic, as part of the 22nd annual Coast Guard Foundation Hedrick Fellowship. The Hedrick Fellowship brings renowned political, military and industry leaders to the Academy to share knowledge and insight, and provide an opportunity for future officers to learn from the experiences of distinguished leaders. [...]
Bloomberg March 23, 2017
MSNBC Greta Van Susteren (host) March 2, 2017 Former George W. Bush EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman: “The Agency Is About Protecting Human Health And The Environment, And We Don’t Want To Lose That” [...]