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John Engler is one of two specific candidates mentioned as possible EPA
head in an article in the LA Times.
Arghh!!
BUSH WALKS A POLITICAL TIGHTROPE ON EPA
from The Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- At an annual dinner attended by the political elite,
President
Bush last year aimed a few zingers at the woman he had named
administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency. Christie Whitman, he noted in a
humorous speech, had given him a Scottish terrier. And in return, Bush
said,
"I gave her EPA. Now we both have messes to clean up."
Today, the EPA itself has the potential to become a mess for the
president
-- or at least a political challenge. The administration faces
significant
political risks as it goes about nominating a successor to Whitman, who
announced her resignation Wednesday.
If the president chooses someone with moderate views on the role of
environmental regulation, he could anger his industry allies and
Republican
ideologues, some of whom want to scale back requirements on business. But
if
the administration names a sharp critic of environmental regulation, it
could hand Democrats an issue to use against the president in the next
election.
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-whitman23may23,1,60686
90.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes>
John E. Rebers
Department of Biology
Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855
jrebers@nmu.edu
906-227-1585; 906-227-1063 (FAX)
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