Top 10 Elected Officials Leading the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
Source: Triple Pundit, 5/17
ASP board member former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman is highlighted.
7) Former Governor Christy Todd Whitman (New Jersey). Former Governor Whitman, like Governor Shwarzenegger, is a Republican. But her conservative political affiliation does not restrict her from seeing the big picture regarding climate change. Governor Whitman, a former Director of the EPA in the Bush Administration, is a board member for the bi-partisan American Security Project (ASP). The ASP recently published a report called Pay Now, Pay Later regarding the costs of inaction on climate change. Governor Whitman was quoted in the press release:
Too often the debate about climate breaks down over cost, with many Americans rightfully concerned about what limiting pollution would do to our economy. But what this series of reports shows is that there is a cost on the other side of the ledger, too. There will be costs to our economic security from climate change—and significant ones at that—if we do nothing but continue business as usual.
