Survey of 2016 Presidential campaign websites: on Environment
Darrell Castle:
Property rights under assault by "Sustainable Development"
Private property rights are under assault in communities and rural areas across the nation as state and federal authorities move to enforce new planning development programs, particularly under the labels of Sustainable Development or Local Visioning.
Local elected representatives are being overshadowed by the establishment of non-elected boards & planning commissions. These non-elected organizations are taking government further away from the people as they are unseen and unapproachable.
Across the nation communities are being pressured by federal agencies to accept grants for local sustainable projects that affect property rights and destroy local control. He who pays the piper calls the tune.
I would withdraw the federal
government from such international, sovereignty-destroying legislation. I would stop the federal government from manipulating local communities with handouts, and begin the process of handing control of their lives and property back to the local people.
Source: 2016 Presidential campaign website CastleReport.us
Sep 30, 2016
Ajamu Baraka:
Adopt the Precautionary Principle
- Protect our public lands, water supplies, biological diversity, parks, and pollinators. Ban neonicotinoids and other pesticides that threaten the survival of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
- Label GMOs, and put a moratorium on
GMOs and pesticides until they are proven safe.
- Support organic and regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and sustainable forestry.
- Protect the rights of future generations.
Adopt the Precautionary Principle. When an activity poses threats of harm to human health or the environment, in the absence of objective scientific consensus that it is
safe, precautionary measures should be taken. The proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof.
- Invest in clean air, water, food and soil for everyone. Clean up America.
Source: Stein-Baraka platform on 2016 presidential campaign website
Aug 8, 2016
Bill Weld:
Protect environment with competition, not regulation
Is the climate changing? Probably. Is man contributing to that change? Probably. The question is whether politicians' efforts to regulate, tax and manipulate the private sector are effective. Governors Johnson and Weld believe that the federal
government should prevent future harm by focusing on regulations that protect us from harm, rather than needlessly costing American jobs and freedom to pursue a political agenda. Protect the Environment. Promote Competition. Incentivize Innovation.
Source: 2016 vice-presidential campaign website, JohnsonWeld.com
Aug 8, 2016
Jill Stein:
Adopt the Precautionary Principle
- Protect our public lands, water supplies, biological diversity, parks, and pollinators. Ban neonicotinoids and other pesticides that threaten the survival of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
- Label GMOs, and put a moratorium on
GMOs and pesticides until they are proven safe.
- Support organic and regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and sustainable forestry.
- Protect the rights of future generations.
Adopt the Precautionary Principle. When an activity poses threats of harm to human health or the environment, in the absence of objective scientific consensus that it is
safe, precautionary measures should be taken. The proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof.
- Invest in clean air, water, food and soil for everyone. Clean up America.
Source: Stein-Baraka platform on 2016 presidential campaign website
Aug 8, 2016
Gloria La Riva:
Environmental racism pollutes our neighborhoods
Global warming, environmental racism polluting our neighborhoods, acidified and depleted oceans, fracking, critical drought, plastics choking the seas, nuclear weapons and waste -- it is clear that capitalism and production for profit
are destroying the planet and threatening all life. Harnessing the earth's renewable resources of sea, wind and solar power to create sustainable energy, seizing the oil and coal companies to stop their fossil- fuel pollution, stopping nuclear weapons
production, organizing production of food and goods to meet people's needs rather than the bottom line of corporations who produce regardless of the cost to the environment -- these are the most urgent steps needed to reverse climate change.
But this requires making people's right to survive above the rights of the capitalists to make a profit.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website http://www.votepsl.org/
Feb 3, 2016
Lawrence Lessig:
We don't own Earth; we hold it in trust for our children
Our values teach us that we don't own this planet. We hold it in trust for our children. And we must pass to them as rich and diverse a world as we inherited from our parents. This is a moral principle that it has taken too long for us to recognize, and
act upon.It is my view that polluters should clean up their pollution or pay the cost for the damage they've done. In this context, that principle translates into a strong demand that carbon emitters pay the price for what they do.
I would support a carbon tax, which would force them to internalize the cost of what they're doing, thereby raising the price of dirty energy, and shifting demand to clean alternatives.
That principle also means that we must do much more to stop the pollution of our air and waters by corporations who have convinced Congress to exempt them from this basic obligation.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website Lessig2016.us, `Issues`
Oct 29, 2015
Jill Stein:
Moratorium on GMOs until they are proven safe
Protect Mother Earth: Lead on a global treaty to halt climate change. End destructive energy extraction: fracking, tar sands, offshore drilling, oil trains, mountaintop removal, and uranium mines.
Protect our public lands, water supplies, biological diversity, parks, and pollinators. Label GMOs, and put a moratorium on GMOs and pesticides until they are proven safe. Protect the rights of future generations.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, jill2016.com, "Plan"
Jun 25, 2015
Lincoln Chafee:
Proper respect for our natural world & vulnerable species
Responsible environmental stewardship can coexist with economic strength. Throughout my career I have shown the proper respect for our natural world. At the local level I was a champion for wise growth with maximum input from neighbors on development.
As a Senator, I was often the critical vote in favor of clean air, clean water and protection of vulnerable species.
As Governor, my administration added unprecedented open space and parkland. The Northeast has the nation's highest energy costs and
I know the importance of balancing protection of our environment and making rational decisions on energy infrastructure. This same respect for people's livelihoods extends to all economic sectors of our country.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website Chafee2016.com
Jun 4, 2015
Jill Stein:
Promote sustainable agriculture & freedom from toxic threats
Jill Stein is the co-author of two widely-praised reports, "In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development," published in 2000, and "Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging," published in 2009. The first of these has been translated into four
languages and is used worldwide. The reports promote green local economies, sustainable agriculture, clean power, and freedom from toxic threats.Her "Healthy People, Healthy Planet" teaching program reveals the links between human health, climate
security, and green economic revitalization. This body of work has been presented at government, public health and medical conferences, and has been used to improve public policy.
Jill began to advocate for the environment as a human health issue in
1998 when she realized that politicians were simply not acting to protect children from the toxic threats. She played a key role in the effort to get the Massachusetts fish advisories updated to better protect women & children from mercury contamination.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, Jill2016.com, "About"
Apr 15, 2015
Rand Paul:
Balance environmental safety with business deregulation
Counteracting excessively burdensome government regulations has become a centerpiece of my tenure in Washington. All my actions seek to find a balance between environmental, safety and health protection, without compromising the ability of family
businesses to flourish. Unelected bureaucrats should not have the power to enact regulations that affect the lives of everyday Americans. Whether it's ObamaCare or EPA regulations, cutting red tape and opening the regulatory process to scrutiny is an
important step in holding government accountable to all Americans.
In the Senate, I proudly introduced the Regulations from the Executive Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. This legislation is designed to increase accountability for and transparency in the
Federal regulatory process.
As President, I will place common sense and reasonable limitations on a bureaucracy that seeks to target well-intentioned businesses with burdensome regulations.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, RandPaul.com, "Issues"
Apr 7, 2015
Jill Stein:
Filthy Five: clean up coal plants in Massachusetts
Jill began to advocate for the environment as a human health issue in 1998 when she realized that politicians were simply not acting to protect children from the toxic threats emerging from current science.Jill has testified before numerous
legislative panels as well as local and state governmental bodies. She played a key role in the effort to get the Massachusetts fish advisories updated to better protect women and children from mercury contamination, which can contribute to learning
disabilities and attention deficits in children. She also helped lead the successful campaign to clean up the "Filthy Five" coal plants in Massachusetts, an effort that resulted in getting coal plant regulations signed into law that were the most
protective around at that time. Her testimony on the effects of mercury and dioxin contamination from the burning of waste helped preserve the Massachusetts moratorium on new trash incinerator construction in the state.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, Jill2016.com, "About"
Mar 21, 2015
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