Christie Todd Whitman in Against the Tide, by Lincoln Chafee

On Energy & Oil: Prepared EPA for regulating carbon dioxide

Once in office the president named Christie Todd Whitman, former Republican governor of NJ, to head the EPA. In her new role as administrator, Whitman made many public pronouncements on the coming effort to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. It seemed Republicans, often accused of being in league with polluters, might finally challenge the popular notion that only Democrats care about the air we breathe. After all, it was President Nixon who had signed into law the nation's first clean air legislation.

When President Bush recanted on regulating carbon dioxide, I was witness to EPA administrator Whitman's humiliation on this point.

Source: Against the Tide, by Sen. Lincoln Chafee, p.104-105 Apr 1, 2008

The above quotations are from Against the Tide How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President by Lincoln Chafee. Click here for other excerpts from Against the Tide How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President by Lincoln Chafee. Click here for other excerpts by Christie Todd Whitman. Click here for other excerpts by other Governors.
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