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Q&A with former EPA administrator Christie Todd Whitman on Trump’s budget cuts
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. [...]
Whitman, ex-New Jersey officials oppose Trump’s EPA changes
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. [...]
Senate Confirms Scott Pruitt To Lead Environmental Protection Agency
Morning Edition on NPR Berlin Kelly McEvers (host) February 17, 2017 KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: [...]
How The EPA Became A Victim Of Its Own Success
Morning Edition on NPR Berlin By Nate Rott February 17, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency has a pretty simple mission in principle: to protect human health and the environment. It's a popular purpose too. Nearly three out of four U.S. adults believe the country "should do whatever it takes to protect the environment," according to a 2016 survey by the [...]
Good Luck Killing the EPA; Dismembering the agency requires changing 45 years worth of laws, warns one Republican who ran it.
Bloomberg By Eric Roston February 8, 2017 The new U.S. president and Congress are taking a hard look at environmental rules—none harder than a freshman U.S. representative whose new bill would “terminate the Environmental Protection Agency.” [...]
Trump’s EPA facing fire amid efforts to rein in agency
USA Today/THE NEWS-PRESS Washington bureau By Ledyard King February 7, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is facing its toughest test since the regulatory agency opened its doors in 1970 under President Richard Nixon. [...]
Christine Todd Whitman honoured at Future of the Ocean Symposium
Press Release December 8, 2016 The 12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium & Champion of the Ocean Awards Luncheon was held on December 7 at Monmouth University. Congratulations to this year's honorees, the Hon. Christine Todd Whitman, Dr. Donald Boesch, David Rosenblatt and Elizabeth Semple. Keep an eye on the UCI website for videos, blog articles and other multimedia [...]
Whitman to Trump: Listen to Ivanka on climate change
Asbury Park Press By Russ Zimmer December 7, 2016 Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, saying she was worried for her grandchildren's future, urged President-elect Donald Trump to turn to one of his closest advisers, daughter Ivanka Trump, to shape his climate policies. [...]
Ocean advocates hope Trump takes climate change seriously
Press of Atlantic City By Michelle Brunetti December 7, 2016 LONG BRANCH — For Tom Fote, of Toms River, the decline of the lobster industry in New Jersey is proof that ocean warming is having big environmental and economic effects. [...]
Symposium to Explore America’s Ocean Future: Recommendations for the Trump Administration and Congress
Monmouth University Press Release November 30, 2016 WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) invites the public to join us for a symposium and policy discussion which never took place during the election — coastal and ocean priorities for the next administration and Congress. [...]
Why We Must Fix Our Water Infrastructure
The Star Ledger By Jane Kenny and Mark Mauriello November 28, 2016
At Least 110 Republican Leaders Won’t Vote for Donald Trump.
nytimes.com By Karen Yourish and Larry Buchanan August 26, 2016 Here’s When They Reached Their Breaking Point. [...]