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Edwards Praised by Sierra Club for Environmental Leadership
Washington, DC: John Edwards is a leader on protecting Americans' health
and safety. In a 2003 Earth Day release Edwards stated, "our country needs
real leadership on many critical issues: safeguarding the water our
children drink, preserving our national parks and forests, and achieving
energy independence while addressing dangerous climate changes are just a
few." In the Senate, Edwards has built a strong record on these and
other environmental issues:
* In 2003, Edwards led the Senate in protecting clean air by
countering the Bush Administration's attempts to weaken the Clean Air Act
(S20030012).
* He voted to increase funding for environmental programs and
enforcement funding (S20030096).
* Edwards is a co-sponsor of the Clean Power Act, designed to require
utilities to control multiple pollutants - carbon dioxide, mercury,
sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides.
* Senator Edwards has consistently voted to protect the Arctic Refuge
and to defend America's public lands, national monuments, and coastal
areas from damaging oil and gas drilling (S20020071, S20000058, S20010229,
S20010231).
* In 2000, Edwards supported an amendment to the Agriculture
appropriations bill to increase protections for public lands from the
toxic pollution that results from mining operations (S20000224).
* Senator Edwards supported the Clinton Administration's Roadless Rule
and took votes to reduce harmful subsidies for commercial logging, to
reduce overgrazing on public lands, and against weakening public lands
protections in 2000 and 2001 (S20000207, S20000175, S20000208).
* Edwards voted in 2001 to prevent the weakening of Endangered Species
Act protections for salmon and other threatened fish species in
California's Klamath Basin (S20010232) and voted in 1999 to increase
funding for Forest Service fish and wildlife programs.
* In 2000, he supported an amendment to the Energy and Water
Appropriations bill to improve water flows and wildlife habitat on the
Missouri River (S20000232).
"At a time that the Bush Administration has made unprecedented attacks on
environmental protections, Senator Edwards consistently stands up to
preserve and strengthen the laws that keep Americans' air, water and
public land clean and safe," said Debbie Sease, Sierra Club's Legislative
Director. "John Edwards will make an excellent Vice President."
                                
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