Ditzy Clod Witless (R-NJ) "Certainly" Doesn't Talk With Congressional GOP Re. Climate
n an exclusive interview, former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman said the EPAs Clean Power Plan (CPP) is the most flexible thing, the agency has ever done.
Whitman is the former Republican governor of New Jersey who ran the Environmental Protection Agency at the start of the George W. Bush administration. She spoke with Climate Progress on a range of issues, including the CPP, nuclear power, the urgent need for climate action, and why she certainly doesnt talk about climate change
to the Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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When asked what she says to members of Congress in her own party who take a skeptical view that more will be required, Whitman explains we need a national energy plan that is clean, green, affordable and reliable. She added, I dont even talk about climate change really anymore certainly not to the Republicans. She talks instead about clean air, quality of life, health, longevity, cost avoidance, and jobs.
Whitman was speaking to CP in her role as co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy (CASEnergy) Coalition, which is an advocacy group supported by the Nuclear Energy Institute. She argues that nuclear power needs to be part of the mix to meet the Clean Power Plan, while acknowledging that many competitors, such as shale gas, are cheaper.
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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/16/3695899/christine-whitman-epa-clean-power-plan/