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Environmental Policy Address
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Kerry Offers Six-Point Environmental Plan
By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer
DURHAM, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry unveiled a six-point plan Monday to reverse President Bush's environmental policies, arguing that the Republican leader has "put pollution ahead of preservation."
Speaking outdoors at the University of New Hampshire, the Massachusetts senator faulted Bush for sacrificing the nation's natural treasures in the name of short-term profit.
Kerry's plan calls for:
- Reinvigorating the Superfund cleanup program, establishing a task force to identify toxins in communities and coordinate transportation and housing policies to control traffic congestion and sprawl.
- Thorough evaluation before remote public lands are opened to new uses, reinstatement of the protection of roadless areas in national forests and stronger requirements that those who lease public land return it to its original state after energy, grazing or timber operations.
- Reversal of Bush's changes to federal Clean Air laws.
- Coordinating efforts with states and cities to tackle water quality problems, encourage the use of water in industrial, urban and farming operations and restore wetlands and watersheds by enforcing the Clean Water Act.
- Development of an international climate change strategy.
- Creation of an Energy Security and Conservation Trust to reduce dependence on Middle East oil. He also wants to increase fuel efficiency and ensure that 20 percent of electricity comes from renewable sources by 2020.
"George Bush is the kind of politician who would cut down a tree and then climb on the stump that remains and give a speech about conservation," Kerry said. "George Bush has put pollution ahead of preservation, campaign contributions ahead of conservation, special interests ahead of America's interests."
Environmentalists for Kerry...
Environmental Policy Address
"I’m here today to lay out a comprehensive vision for how we create a cleaner and greener America. How we can repair the environment today and protect it for tomorrow. This is a cause that I care about a great deal and one that I’ve fought for all my life." More...
Kerry Offers Six-Point Environmental Plan
By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer
DURHAM, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry unveiled a six-point plan Monday to reverse President Bush's environmental policies, arguing that the Republican leader has "put pollution ahead of preservation."
Speaking outdoors at the University of New Hampshire, the Massachusetts senator faulted Bush for sacrificing the nation's natural treasures in the name of short-term profit.
Kerry's plan calls for:
- Reinvigorating the Superfund cleanup program, establishing a task force to identify toxins in communities and coordinate transportation and housing policies to control traffic congestion and sprawl.
- Thorough evaluation before remote public lands are opened to new uses, reinstatement of the protection of roadless areas in national forests and stronger requirements that those who lease public land return it to its original state after energy, grazing or timber operations.
- Reversal of Bush's changes to federal Clean Air laws.
- Coordinating efforts with states and cities to tackle water quality problems, encourage the use of water in industrial, urban and farming operations and restore wetlands and watersheds by enforcing the Clean Water Act.
- Development of an international climate change strategy.
- Creation of an Energy Security and Conservation Trust to reduce dependence on Middle East oil. He also wants to increase fuel efficiency and ensure that 20 percent of electricity comes from renewable sources by 2020.
"George Bush is the kind of politician who would cut down a tree and then climb on the stump that remains and give a speech about conservation," Kerry said. "George Bush has put pollution ahead of preservation, campaign contributions ahead of conservation, special interests ahead of America's interests."
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