Whitman (EPA) says she quit after Cheney rewrote coal power plant rules

[rodeodance]

interesting.

Revealed: Bush EPA chief says she quit after Cheney rewrote coal power plant rules
John Byrne
Published: Wednesday June 27, 2007

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Christine Todd Whitman is the media darling of talk shows, the conservative former governor of New Jersey and head of President George W. Bush's Environmental Protection Agency who quit the Bush Administration to "spend more time with her family."

Evidently, that's not true.

In a groundbreaking article today by the Washington Post, the paper alleges that Whitman left the Administration because they pressured her to accept pro-industry coal power plant rules which threatened ghoulish levels of air pollution.

After industry officials complained to Vice President Cheney about Clinton-era rules requiring plants to update their technology when they conducted routine maintenance to comply with air quality standards, Cheney turned to Whitman, she said.

Whitman told the Post she'd "been stunned by what she viewed as an unquestioned belief that EPA's regulations were primarily to blame for keeping companies from building new power plants."

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I knew that, because...

I lived in Joisey when Whitman was leading the charge of Eastern states suing Midwestern coal generation. She wasn't all that bad environmentally and acid rain, smog, etc. from the coal plants was a particular concern of hers.

From day one I noticed Whitman kind of sucking it up with stuff like loosened drinking water asbestos regulations and other things opposite to her positions as Governor. I wondered when she would have had enough and would have to walk. Coal was the last straw.

[AndreaCG]

2. Whitman is trying to rewrite her 9-11 history.

Olbermann smacked her down with her own words though.

[rusty charly]

4. so did jon stewart, last night

nm

[Ian David]

3. As reported in the pages of "Duh!" Magazine. n/t

[baldguy]

5. Just goes to show: you can't trust a Republican.

Even if they seem to be progressive & are on the right side of an issue or two - they still have to suck up to the insane wing of the GOP.

[hatrack]

6. How's that "legacy" working out for you, Ditzie?

Oh, and the "reputation" thing? Similarly shit-stained?

[gratuitous]

7. So if she lied about why she resigned

Why do any of the talk shows treat her as a media darling? "Lie to me some more, baby, oooh yeah, that's how I like it." A person who will lie about little things will lie about big things. A person who will lie about big things is capable of much, much worse.

[donsu]

8. Whitman is afraid of snake cheney. very afraid.

nt