It is difficult to get qualified people to take the risk of making the right decision on controversial issues. Lisa Jackson is an 'equitable decision maker.'
Besides knowing what she is doing, she also carefully weighs all the evidence before her. That is dedication to purpose, which in a democracy is important. She seeks to protect all of us and in the case of Ground Ozone the obstruction by the President for her to proceed is a hideous choice to her. She is attempting to enforce the minimalist of standards in Ground Ozone levels, those for healthy adults.
It has to start some where and to realize the past Bush White House actually allowed such dangerously low standards to exist is not only foolish it IS a human rights violation. You know, I don't want to hear about the Chinese wearing masks in their cities when the USA is approaching the same standard.
Human Health is important to the people of this country and Secretary Sebilius needs to chime in on this one re-enforcing the cost to American's Health and their health care system. This is ridiculous.
I didn't agree with Secretary Jackson about the dispersants used during the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster.
She did make decisions as best she could given the fact the Petroleum Industry had never provided research regarding the dispersants because they didn't have the research to present. There was no long term data, there were no studies on marine life and there were not standards for underwater application. She did what she had to do in that instance, which was to rule in favor of their use due to supporting reasons, including economic reasons at the time. I was not alone in disagreeing with her either. The decision was understandable however.
But, as then, I have to wonder if this administration is committed to APPROPRIATE standards for industry and buyer beware.
Environmental Regulation is not the problem, the policies of the past and present Republicans are. The extreme the country finds itself should be no surprise to anyone and to realize what is REASONABLE to regulate is an economic hardship is all too clear as to why.
