Then let the conservatives in Congress know they are there to fight hard for conservative programs, conservative values, and you will settle for nothing less. The WWF tried to have DDT banned during the recent UN conference on the many chemicals it banned. Readers of Warning Signs know that, last week, I warned that Gov. Christie Whitman was a poor choice to be the new EPA administrator. In Tuesday s Star-Ledger, the largest circulation daily newspaper in New Jersey, the editorial cartoon depicted the State as one huge toxic dump filled with oil refineries, suggesting that the State s supposed environmental ills are her fault. This is a lie from start to finish, but it is typical of the liberal point of view that would presumably eliminate all oil refineries without giving any thought to where heating oil and the gasoline for vehicles comes from.
New Jersey is home to large forested areas, many farms, and beautifully maintained suburbs.
Even older cities such as Newark and Jersey City are being renewed with cultural centers, new office buildings and condominiums with a view of Manhattan. Only a complete overhaul of the leadership at EPA will reverse the damage it has done with its bogus programs such as the Superfund and others. It is not going to happen so long as the men named above call the shots and a waffling politician like Whitman is in charge. The environment is going to prove Bush s Achilles heal as he addresses many important issues. The Greens are counting on that and, so far as the EPA is concerned, the forecast is not good as of this writing.