From Jeff Ruch of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
HOW TO RESUSCITATE THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY — EPA Employees Want Committed Leaders Able to Resist Political Pressure
Washington, DC — Rebuilding a battered Environmental Protection Agency will require more than merely importing a new set of politically-connected technocrats, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) which today proposed a “Green Dream Team” for the agency. Besides the top slot, PEER urges the Obama administration should look at whistleblowers and proven reformers as catalysts to transform this large, complex and increasingly demanding organization.
PEER contends that EPA needs new leadership that will both inspire its demoralized work force and restore the agency’s credibility with the public. The challenge for the Obama transition team will be having the courage to choose appointees with the courage to say “no” to the Obama White House. Among the people that PEER submits for consideration are –
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as EPA Administrator. If ever EPA needed a forceful advocate at the helm, it is now. Kennedy has been a leader in fights against destructive mountain-top removal mining, toxic contamination of neighborhoods and lax enforcement of pollution laws.
Entire EPA candidate list for President Elect Obama here.
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