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Christine Todd Whitman

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A former EPA director is pushing for wider use of nuclear power in the US

Environment

Climate change has become such a grave and existential threat that both scientists and concerned citizens say carbon emission reduction must be steep and immediate. This has led many people to call for more nuclear power as part of the solution.

Impact of oil spill on US energy policy

Environment

Sarah Palin and women in the GOP

Global Politics

New Jersey Closes Unused Carpool Lanes

Whitman Resigns

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Women, Republicans and Sarah Palin

Global Politics

As Sarah Palin chats with Oprah and releases her new book, ‘Going Rogue,’ we take a look at the role of women in the GOP and Palin’s political future.

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The new EPA under the Obama administration

Environment

Currently Lisa Jackson is the Commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection, but hopefully next week she will become the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. What lies in store for her in this role?

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Christine Todd Whitman on rehabilitating the GOP

Global Politics

Christine Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey and ex-chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, discusses what it will take to breathe life back into the GOP.

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