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Hillary Clinton on Environment


Supports oil reserve release & fund conservation

Q: Do you support conserving energy?

A: I’ve spoken about an energy policy that would include conservation tax credits that the Republicans have blocked. The administration has put forth an energy policy that we couldn’t get through that Republican leadership that my opponent is part of. We need a new Congress. I was pleased when the president did release some oil from the reserve. So we have work to do and it needs to be led by Democrats who understand that we shouldn’t be beholden to big oil.

Source: Senate debate in Manhattan Oct 8, 2000

Stands for clean air and funding the EPA

I have worked on behalf of children’s health and the environment, I’ve stood for clean air and worked in the administration to deal with problems from asthma to trying to figure out the possible environmental causes and correlations with breast cancer, but my opponent, on the other hand, stood against funding the EPA to the extent that was needed to do the job that’s required, was in the forefront of so-called regulatory reform, which would have gutted our environmental bills.
Source: Clinton-Lazio debate, Buffalo NY Sep 13, 2000

Ratify Kyoto; more mass tranist

As Senator, I will work for New York to get its fair share of federal mass transit funds and to increase the amount of money that goes to transit funds. And, I will vote to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to bring all nations together to address global warming and build a better future for us all.
Source: www.hillary2000.org, “Environment” Sep 9, 2000

Reduce air pollution to improve children’s health

Poor air quality has been linked to many respiratory ailments, including asthma. That’s why last summer the President announced. new standards for smog and soot [which] will safeguard millions of Americans in urban areas, including 35 million children, from the adverse health effects of breathing polluted air. No longer will governmental agencies set air, water or food quality standards without taking the special threat to children into consideration.
Source: “Talking It Over” column Jun 10, 1998

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John Hagelin
David McReynolds
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Joe Lieberman
Winona LaDuke
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Withdrawn:
Lamar Alexander
Gary Bauer
Bill Bradley
Elizabeth Dole
Steve Forbes
Orrin Hatch
Alan Keyes
John McCain
Dan Quayle
Bob Smith
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(CA) Feinstein  vs. Campbell  & Lightfoot
(CT) Lieberman  vs. Giordano  & Green
(DE) Roth  vs. Carper
(FL) McCollum  vs. Nelson  & Logan
(GA) Miller  vs. Mattingly
(HI) Akaka  vs. Douglas
(IN,R) Lugar  vs. Johnson
(MA) Kennedy  vs. Robinson  & Howell  & Lawler
(MD) Sarbanes  vs. Rappaport
(ME,R) Snowe  vs. Lawrence
(MI) Abraham  vs. Stabenow
(MN) Grams  vs. Dayton
(MO) Ashcroft  vs. Carnahan
(MS) Lott  vs. Giles  & Brown
(MT,R) Burns  vs. Schweitzer
(ND) Conrad  vs. Sand
(NE) Nelson  vs. Stenberg
(NJ,R) Franks  vs. Corzine
(NM,D) Bingaman  vs. Redmond
(NV,D) Bernstein  vs. Ensign
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(PA) Santorum  vs. Klink
(RI) Chafee  vs. Weygand
(TN) Frist  vs. Clark  & Burrell  & Johnson
(TX,R) Hutchison  vs. Kelley  & Ruwart
(UT) Hatch  vs. Dexter  & Howell
(VA,D) Robb  vs. Allen
(VT) Jeffords  vs. Flanagan
(WA,R) Gorton  vs. Cantwell  & McKeigue
(WI,D) Kohl  vs. Gillespie
(WV,D) Byrd  vs. Gallaher
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