Monday, April 17, 2006
Six former EPA bosses call for Bush climate change
Six former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency accused the Bush administration of neglecting global warming and other environmental problems. Five of them were Republicans and only one is a Democrat.
Bill Ruckelshaus, EPA’s administrator from 1970 under President Nixon and again under President Reagan in the 1980s, says “I don’t think there’s a commitment in this administration.”
Russell Train followed Ruckelshaus to serve the Nixon and Ford administrations. He said slowing the growth of “greenhouse” gases isn’t enough. “We need leadership, and I don’t think we’re getting it. To sit back and just push it away and say we’ll deal with it sometime down the road is dishonest to the people and self-destructive.”
At an EPA-sponsored symposium for the agency’s 35th anniversary all agency heads during five Republican administrations, including the current one, criticized the Bush White House for a failure of leadership.
Bill Ruckelshaus, EPA’s administrator from 1970 under President Nixon and again under President Reagan in the 1980s, says “I don’t think there’s a commitment in this administration.”
Russell Train followed Ruckelshaus to serve the Nixon and Ford administrations. He said slowing the growth of “greenhouse” gases isn’t enough. “We need leadership, and I don’t think we’re getting it. To sit back and just push it away and say we’ll deal with it sometime down the road is dishonest to the people and self-destructive.”
At an EPA-sponsored symposium for the agency’s 35th anniversary all agency heads during five Republican administrations, including the current one, criticized the Bush White House for a failure of leadership.
