Former Gov. Whitman visits Bridgewater animal shelter
myCentralJersey.com By Pamela MacKenzie May 27, 2016 BRIDGEWATER - How does a small animal shelter with 10 dog runs and three cattery rooms go from 254 adoptions in 2013 to 764 in 2015? [...]
Whitman visits N.J. regional animal shelter in Bridgewater
nj.com By Dave Hutchinson May 26, 2016 BRIDGEWATER — Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and Capt. Tim Pino, K9 Unit commander for the Somerset County Sheriff's Office, have known each other for more than 20 years. [...]
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. [...]
The Political Debates May Be Dirty But America Still Needs A Clean Environment
Forbes By Ken Silverstein March 5, 2016 America’s long recession has ended but the country is still spiraling downward: witness the guttural nature of the Republican presidential primary and the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, as illustrated by the water crisis in Flint, Mich. [...]
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. [...]
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." [...]
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? [...]
Why Closing Nuclear Power Plants Is Short-Sighted
The Wall Street Journal By Christine Todd Whitman November 16, 2015 CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN: Following the announcement that the Pilgrim nuclear-energy facility outside of Boston will close by 2019, it is critical for decision makers to reassess how electricity markets value the clean electricity produced by nuclear energy. [...]
Why the U.S. should export nuclear power
Fortune By Christine Todd Whitman & Stephen Cheney October 22, 2015 Competition with Russia in the nuclear energy technology industry will continue to be an issue as Asian and European nations look for carbon-free energy options like nuclear power. [...]
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. [...]