On top of already pressing issues such as climate change, stem cells, and cloning, that have given Bush more than his share of grief, Marburger has stepped in to advise on topics largely unthought of prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Yet, Neal Lane, science adviser under President Bill Clinton, says Marburger is well suited to the job, calling him a consensus builder. His record tells a similar story as Marburger twice defused potentially volatile situations on Long Island, NY. He mediated a battle between community advocates and state officials over the Shoreham nuclear power facility and helped clean up the Department of Energy's once poorly managed Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo asked Marburger to head a fact-finding commission on Shoreham—the nuclear power plant that sparked quite a commotion but never a watt of electricity. David Sprintzen, who founded the Long Island Progressive Coalition in ...
