2016 VT Governor's race: on Environment


Sue Minter: Protect our state's waters, farmland, and forests

Vermont's economic prosperity, our public health, and our quality of life all depend upon a clean environment. I will continue Vermont's tradition and legacy of environmental protection and leadership.

Clean Water: Vermont has made great strides in protecting our state's waters, including our beloved Lake Champlain, but we still have much work to do. I will continue to invest in our clean water infrastructure in order to protect our drinking water & clean up our lakes, and will improve storm water management and wastewater treatment systems.

Forest and Farmland: Our forests are home to an amazing diversity of wildlife, serve as the source of our clear streams and rivers, provide a critical source of heat and food, and support vibrant recreation and economy. Our farms are the backbone of our agricultural economy. I will work to protect Vermont's forests and agricultural lands to ensure that these assets will continue to support future generations of wildlife, farmers and visitors.

Source: 2016 Vermont gubernatorial campaign website SueMinter.com May 25, 2016

Sue Minter: Led efforts in Climate Preparedness & catastrophic flooding

Where Sue sees challenges, she also sees potential. This quality has led to her success as Vermont's Secretary of Transportation, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Irene Recovery Officer, and as a State Representative.

Sue helped lead Vermont's recovery in the wake of catastrophic flooding from Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011. Following her oversight of the successful rebuilding of over 500 miles of damaged roads and bridges in less than four months, Sue was appointed to be Vermont's Chief Irene Recovery Officer in December 2011.

Sue's skills have been sought out nationally. She was asked to help Colorado with its disaster recovery when that state was hit with extreme flooding in September 2013. In 2014, she represented Governor Shumlin on the White House Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, where she co-chaired the Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Resilience.

Source: 2016 Vermont Gubernatorial campaign website, SueMinter.com Dec 10, 2015

Phil Scott: Support local agriculture; they're stewards of our land

I would continue to support and develop more robust and self-sustaining agricultural sectors that promote emerging agricultural industries and work to ensure that the policies and programs of the State will support and promote the Vermont agriculture industry as a vital component of the State's economy and essential steward of our land. I would continue to work to increase economic development in Vermont's food and farm sector, create jobs in the food and farm economy and improve access to healthy local foods. I would also work as I have in the past to market the Vermont brand both outside of Vermont and internally.
Source: NE Organic Farming Assoc. on 2016 Vermont gubernatorial race Nov 1, 2012

Phil Scott: Reduce chemicals in consumer goods, when evidence warrants

I believe we can all agree with efforts to reduce harmful chemicals in consumer goods. I believe it's important to have good scientific evidence of harmful health effects before mandating costly changes to production lines, but if the evidence is there, there is no question that the cost and the inconvenience is well worth it to protect our health.
Source: Planned Parenthood survey on 2016 Vermont gubernatorial race Mar 15, 2012

  • The above quotations are from 2016 Vermont Gubernatorial race: debates and news coverage.
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Candidates and political leaders on Environment:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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