EPA's Whitman Leaves a Toxic Legacy
Just two days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) administrator Christie Todd Whitman told New York's downtown
residents and workers that their air was untainted. "I'm glad to reassure
the people of New York that their air is safe to breathe and their water is
safe to drink," she said. Whistleblowers inside Whitman's department would
later reveal that Ground Zero was one of the most toxic environmental
disasters in U.S. history. (See past Indypendent coverage 1 || 2)
Whitman's handling of the Ground Zero cleanup would turn out to be
emblematic of her 28-month stewardship of the nation's environment which
saw the weakening (or worse) of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts and the
Kyoto agreement on global warming. Last Wednesday, the former New Jersey
governor stepped down from her position.
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