Ex-EPA Chiefs Blame Bush in Global Warming

[Kadie]

Ex-EPA Chiefs Blame Bush in Global Warming
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer
34 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Six former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency — five Republicans and one Democrat — accused the Bush administration Wednesday of neglecting global warming and other environmental problems.

"I don't think there's a commitment in this administration," said Bill Ruckelshaus, who was EPA's first administrator when the agency opened its doors in 1970 under President Nixon and headed it again under President Reagan in the 1980s.

Russell Train, who succeeded Ruckelshaus in the Nixon and Ford administrations, said slowing the growth of "greenhouse" gases isn't enough.

"We need leadership, and I don't think we're getting it," he said at an EPA-sponsored symposium centered around the agency's 35th anniversary. "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."

All of the former administrators raised their hands when EPA's current chief, Stephen Johnson, asked whether they believe global warming is a real problem, and again when he asked if humans bear significant blame.

Agency heads during five Republican administrations, including the current one, criticized the Bush White House for what they described as a failure of leadership.

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[Uncle Joe]

1. Five Republicans and one Democrat!

That should be enough of a statement that even the corpwhorate owned MSM will get the message. The million dollar question is, will they pass that along to the American People?

Kicked and nominated.

:kick:

[nofoil]

2. Great News

Wondering too if it will get to the American people, and if it does, if they will be paying attention, or just waiting for the latest news of Angelina and Brad's gestation.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Bush is the wrong-headed leader of the USA.

He's leading us alright. Into the shit can.

[RedEarth]

4. kr

[hatrack]

5. Where were these people during the 2004 election cycle?

I mean, call me crazy, but don't y'all think that something like this needs to be brought to the public's attention while we still have a chance to avoid four more years of suicidal corrupt bullshit environmental "policy" from the worst administration in two centuries?

Day late, dollar short.

[glitch]

6. Hear ya.

I think finally enough people are standing up that the rest of the fearful are finally joining in. It's a good sign, the tipping point (or when when our stampeding herd changes direction away from that cliff) may be too late, but it is a start.