Truthout.org political website: on Environment


Jill Stein: Restore shorelines, deltas, forests, and grazing systems

We look at restoring shorelines, restoring deltas, restoring forests, restoring grazing systems & so on, because once you begin to do that, you incredibly magnify everything else that you do in regards to mitigating the impacts of climate change. To zero out climate emissions, you also have to accelerate natural carbon sequestration through ecosystems. That's the only way to do it reliably. There are many forms of restoration which also create jobs and save us humongous amounts of money in the long haul.
Source: Interview with Candice Bernd of Truthout.org Jun 25, 2015

Jill Stein: Water should be tested for radioactivity and heavy metals

It's hard to miss the water contamination that residents in Flint, Michigan, are experiencing. Television footage shows family members holding bottles of yellow, orange or brown water. They could see and taste the change in their water quality shortly after Gov. Rick Snyder ordered the switch to supply water from the polluted Flint River, rather than Lake Huron, without adding anti-corrosives to prevent leaching from lead pipes in early 2014.

Since national attention has turned to Flint, information from other cities is coming to light showing similar problems. Not talked about, perhaps because it is harder to see, is a national water contamination crisis caused by radioactive and other heavy metals leaking from the more than 15,000 abandoned uranium mines. Water should be tested for radioactivity, as well as for heavy metals such as lead. Water should be tested for radioactivity, as well as for heavy metals such as lead.

Source: Truthout OpEd by Margaret Flowers and Jill Stein Feb 5, 2016

Margaret Flowers: Water should be tested for radioactivity and heavy metals

It's hard to miss the water contamination that residents in Flint, Michigan, are experiencing. Television footage shows family members holding bottles of yellow, orange or brown water. They could see and taste the change in their water quality shortly after Gov. Rick Snyder ordered the switch to supply water from the polluted Flint River, rather than Lake Huron, without adding anti-corrosives to prevent leaching from lead pipes in early 2014.

Since national attention has turned to Flint, information from other cities is coming to light showing similar problems. Not talked about, perhaps because it is harder to see, is a national water contamination crisis caused by radioactive and other heavy metals leaking from the more than 15,000 abandoned uranium mines. Water should be tested for radioactivity, as well as for heavy metals such as lead. Water should be tested for radioactivity, as well as for heavy metals such as lead.

Source: Truthout OpEd by Margaret Flowers and Jill Stein Feb 5, 2016

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2016 Presidential contenders on Environment:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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