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Being a moderate in Washington can be lonely. During two-plus years as EPA chief under President George W. Bush, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, 58, was attacked as too green-friendly by the right and too business-friendly by the left. Since stepping down, the former New Jersey Governor has started a consulting business and written a new book, It's My Party Too, in which she takes on the "social fundamentalists" she argues have hijacked the G.O.P. In this excerpt, Whitman recounts one of her most frustrating early experiences at the EPA, including an unsettling encounter with the Vice President...
When I accepted President Bush's invitation to join his Administration at the EPA, I knew the President shared my vision of finding new, innovative ways to advance environmental goals--approaches that didn't rely on the heavy hand of government but would instead build partnerships around shared goals for a better environment. The Bush Administration deserves credit for some important environmental measures, including, among others, mandating major reductions in emissions from nonroad diesel engines and enacting legislation to accelerate the cleanup of thousands of polluted sites around the nation. Yet in recent years, the Republican Party's reputation...
Less than six weeks after I started at EPA, I was scheduled to travel to Trieste, Italy, for what would be my first meeting with my G8 counterparts--the environmental ministers from Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Russia. The official purpose of the meeting was to further an ongoing effort among the G8 to agree on the next steps in addressing global warming. I was keenly aware that this was the first opportunity for our closest allies to take the measure of President Bush's stance on environmental policies. I also knew their expectations were low because...
Sources: American Cancer Society (2); American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (2); EPA; Culligan; Reuters...
Sales of fish-oil supplements--one source of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids--are booming and poised to climb even higher. The FDA says sellers of food products that contain two types of fatty acids, EPA and DHA, which are found in oily fish like salmon, herring and lake trout, can now add labels listing their EPA and DHA contents and touting their health benefits. But there are limits to how much fish oil you should eat. The FDA recommends no more than 3 g of the fatty acids a day, and only 2 g should come from supplements...