Nominated by
US president George W. Bush as administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency (
EPA). In March
2001 she reveled that she supports
Bush's policies on
CO2, mainly, that more
regulation is
not needed because she dose not view
CO2 pollution as a significant enough threat to the
environment to outweigh the possibility of more
energy shortages like the ones that occurred in
California earlier in 2001. See
California outages,
rolling blackouts.
"
Governor Christie Todd Whitman is a chief executive who understands the importance of a clean and healthy environment, and will ensure that environmental regulations are based on sound science . . ." said Bush prior to her
appointment.
Many people concerned with the environment have become
outraged because during his
campaign Bush promised to '
do something' about CO2 and other forms of
pollution.