Opinion
Who Killed the Climate Bill?
Foreign Policy Magazine July 23, 2010 This is how a climate bill dies. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the bad news: “We don’t have the votes.” Without a single Republican backing the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, the Senate's version of a comprehensive energy bill, there was no point taking it to the floor, he [...]
Finger-pointing won’t stop oil from leaking in Gulf or fix Wall Street
The Record By CHRISTIE WHITMAN June 8, 2010 We ought to look at ourselves before blaming a single institution, company or individual for our collective problems. [...]
Whitman: The blame game over causes of the recession
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 By CHRISTIE WHITMAN The Record IT SEEMS PEOPLE always seek to identify a single source on which to blame their problems. Time and again we have sought the quick and easy solution when issues have multiple facets and require thoughtful and comprehensive debate. [...]
Oil Spill Mustn’t End Offshore Drilling: Christine Todd Whitman
Commentary by Christine Todd Whitman Bloomberg May 03, 2010, 9:22 PM EDT May 4 (Bloomberg) -- The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off Louisiana’s coast that killed 11 and is now releasing about 5,000 barrels of oil per day into the ocean presents a dire situation -- for the environment, local governments and businesses, regional planners, federal responders, [...]
Budgets Require Tough Choices
The Record April 6, 2010 Governor Chris Christie’s proposed state budget has New Jerseyans of all stripes talking. Some are worried about cuts to programs on which they depend. Others are frustrated by how their specific industry or profession will fare in this new environment. And most New Jerseyans are looking for relief after being over-taxed for much of the [...]
U.S. reaches consensus on nuclear power: Obama calls for construction of a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants
By Christine Todd Whitman The Korea Herald March 4, 2010 At a critical time in the energy policy debate, faced with the twin concerns of climate change and rising energy demand, the Obama administration and environmental organizations such as the Pew Center for Climate Change and the Environmental Defense Fund have reached a surprising consensus. Despite past reservations about nuclear [...]
Bayh’s Retirement a Poor Reflection on Washington
By Governor Christine Todd Whitman The Record March 2, 2010 While Indiana Senator Evan Bayh’s retirement may seem a local issue or simply the latest bit of political tweeting, when results-focused reasonable leaders with a track record like Bayh’s lose hope in the potential of Washington to improve the lives of his fellow Americans, the nation had better take notice. [...]
Republicans: Sit at the Table
Christine Todd Whitman February 12, 2010 Politico [...]
Did DC’s blizzard bury climate change legislation for the year?
By Governor Christine Todd Whitman Washington Post February 11, 2010 It shouldn’t, but it will. Among the reasons winter storms will make this issue more politically challenging are overreach and simplification — on both sides of the debate. “An Inconvenient Truth” brought the issue of climate change to the fore, but many of the charts implying that the world’s end [...]
The Republicans are back!
By Christine Todd Whitman The Record February 2, 2010 [...]