Survey of 2020 Presidential campaign websites: on Environment
Kanye West:
Diligently pursue clean air and water
Take care of the environment, diligently pursuing clean air and water as a national security priority and making renewables top priority.
The past is forgotten and everything can be new -- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website kanye2020.country
Oct 9, 2020
Mike Bloomberg:
Make wildfire resilience a top priority
Mike will set a goal to reduce deaths and property losses from wildfires by 50% within four years. He will direct the U.S. Forest Service to coordinate with federal, state and local agencies, tribal leaders, environmental groups, rural communities,
private timber companies, utilities, and the insurance industry to develop fire management plans for each state at risk. Mike will double federal funding for fire management to $10 billion and devote half to mitigation efforts.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeBloomberg.com
Jan 20, 2020
Mike Bloomberg:
Established NYC as largest bike-share network
Mike Bloomberg made New York City a global leader in fighting climate change and pioneering sustainability measures, while also building hundreds of acres of new parkland and re-opening major areas of the waterfront that had been
abandoned by industry decades ago. In 2013, NYC's Citi Bike system was the largest bike share program in the country.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeBloomberg.com
Nov 9, 2019
Mark Sanford:
I care about land conservation and open space
I want to join with others in making a difference in the look and feel of the Lowcountry. I care about land conservation, and when I was governor, more land was protected than during any other governorship in South Carolina's history.
I was endorsed by the Sierra Club in my run for re-election as governor, which is to say that as a conservative, I believe that conservatism should apply to more than just financial resources--it should apply to natural resources as well.
Specifically, as a most immediate project I want to work with others in preserving 400 acres of open space at the tip of Daniel Island.
It represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for open space in the heart of the growing Charleston metro area. We are not organized on this project yet, but we have begun the process
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website MarkSanford.com
Jul 16, 2019
Tom Steyer:
Corporate profits matter more than keeping people alive
The Right to Clean Air & Clean Water: Pollution is everywhere, choking the air we breathe and contaminating the water we drink. It is literally killing people--cutting years off many Americans' lives, threatening everyone's health and safety. And none
of this is happening by accident.Residents in Flint, Michigan, are 54% African-American and nearly 42% live below the poverty line. They were exposed to dangerous, lead-filled water when Republicans running the state decided to switch the
city's water supply to the polluted Flint River, because it was cheaper than clean water from Lake Huron.
In Fresno, California, where over 49% of the people are Latino and nearly 3 in 10 are poor, soot pollution makes air quality among the worst in
the country, thanks to dirty power plants coughing out chemicals that cause sickeningly high asthma rates.
For big businesses--and way too many politicians--driving corporate profits up matters more than keeping people alive and well. Cheap beats safe.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website, TomSteyer.com
Jul 8, 2019
Tom Steyer:
Stand up to corporate polluters who poison our air & water
We all need clean air to breathe, a fair and prosperous economy, and a safe and secure nation. But climate change and the pollution that causes it threaten all of that and more, putting the health and well-being of all
Americans at risk--and hitting hardest those who can least afford it, exacerbating racial, gender, and class inequality.
We're standing up to corporate polluters who put their profits before people, poison our air and water, and hold our economy back.
Transitioning to clean energy will prevent damage to our climate, ensure our kids have clean air and water, and create millions of good-paying jobs.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website, NextGenAmerica.org
Jul 4, 2019
Joe Sestak:
Ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
As President, I will make stopping climate change and preventing environmental collapse the key national priorities they need to be. We owe future generations of humanity nothing less. Priorities:- Ratify the Kigali Amendment to the
Montreal Protocol committing countries around the world to phasing out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
- Give the EPA full authority to regulate substances (like HFCs) that contribute to global warming, as it has authority to regulate
ozone-depleting substances.
- Stop subsidizing destructive industrial farming practices, and dramatically increase support for carbon-sequestering regenerative agriculture.
- Restore the National Monuments and other public lands
opened to extractive industries by the current administration.
- Renew our commitment to fighting deforestation, habitat destruction, and illegal poaching of endangered species around the world..
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website JoeSestak.com
Jun 23, 2019
Howie Hawkins:
Environmental collapse follows from capitalist system
THE ECOSOCIALIST CASE AGAINST CAPITALISM: Under a capitalist system, we cannot solve the central problems of our time.ECOLOGICAL DESTRUCTION: We will never reverse pending planetary environmental
collapse as long as we have a capitalist economy where competition for profits drives the blind, relentless growth that is consuming the environment, heating up the planet, and destroying ecological foundations of human civilization.
Source: 2020 Presidential Campaign website HowieHawkins.us
May 19, 2019
Mike Gravel:
Eliminate all single-use plastics
The United States should eliminate all single-use plastics to keep our oceans and landfills from choking up, and our fossil fuels in the ground. Combine this with a push to reduce single-use items altogether to ensure we waste less and
conserve more, along with a general plastics recycling program to ensure that as little of our current material goes to waste as possible.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website MikeGravel.com
Apr 9, 2019
Marianne Williamson:
EPA head shouldn't be from chemical or oil industry
GETTING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY BACK ON TRACK: Every problem can be traced to a lack of devotion to things that matter most, and nowhere is this truer than in our relationship to the earth.
As President, I would begin with the appointment of a world-class environmentalist rather than a fossil fuel or chemical company executive (as is now the case) to lead the Environmental Protection Agency,
I would fundamentally reverse the current misuse of the EPA, whereby it serves mainly the cause of profit maximization for fossil fuel and chemical companies, and return it to its original mission of
protection and advocacy on behalf of our natural environment. The full powers of the executive branch of the US government would be put in service to this effort.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Marianne2020.com
Apr 8, 2019
Andrew Yang:
Nuclear isn't perfect, but it's a solid solution for now
Nuclear energy is a relatively low-impact option for generating electricity. While the mining and enrichment of uranium has environmental impacts, and the storing of nuclear waste isn't easy, it is overall an efficient way to generate energy.
With modern safety standards, it's also a safe way to generate electricity. The Nuclear Regulatory Committee standards require that a risk assessment shows there less than a one-in-a-million chance of any radioactivity to be released to the environment.
Nuclear isn't a perfect solution, but it's a solid solution for now, and a technology we should invest in as we move to a future powered primarily by renewable energy. Nuclear power is one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly paths
forward to a more sustainable future.As President, I will work to make it easier for new nuclear plants to open up in appropriate areas to increase the amount of nuclear energy America uses.
Source: 2020 presidential campaign website Yang2020.com
Mar 29, 2019
John Kasich:
Properly balance environmental stewardship and job creation
Washington assumes authority that does not exist in pursuit of reckless regulations that will kill jobs.
John Kasich will bring common sense and science to energy regulation in order to properly balance environmental stewardship and job creation.
Source: 2020 Presidential Hopefuls campaign website JohnKasich.com
Sep 18, 2018
John Kasich:
Eliminate NOAA; let DOI safeguard natural resources
Sometimes the best government is the government that doesn't exist. That is definitely true in the case of the Commerce Department. Its various pieces and parts do not belong together. Duplicative efforts must be eliminated or downsized.
Certain key missions including economic development, natural resources and trade enforcement would be markedly improved by better aligning the federal agencies performing these functions. Many other functions can be shrunk and sent back to the states.
Consolidate Stewardship of Natural Resources: Almost half of the Commerce Department's budget goes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the National Weather Service and its satellites, and the
National Hurricane Center. These and other efforts align closely with the work of the Department of Interior to preserve and safeguard America's natural resources and, after a review to eliminate duplication, would be moved there.
Source: 2020 presidential hopefuls: campaign website JohnKasich.com
Sep 18, 2018
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