-Caveat Lector- Gore hits Bush on environment
>From the Washington Politics & Policy Desk Published 4/22/2002 7:40 PM NASHVILLE, April 22 (UPI) -- Former presidential candidate Al Gore used Earth Day to criticize President Bush, saying the administration's environmental policies focused on "special interests instead of public interests." "America is only as healthy as the air our children breathe, the water they drink and the earth they will inherit," Gore told students and environmental activists Monday at Vanderbilt University. "But instead of embracing the bipartisan national consensus to improve our environment, the Bush administration has chosen to serve the special interests instead of the public interests and subsidize the obsolete, failed approaches of the past, instead of the exciting new solutions of the future," Gore said. The former vice president's speech was in stark contrast to one given earlier in the day by Bush who said, "Limits on toxic emissions have greatly improved the quality of the air we breathe." Bush, who celebrated Earth Day with a brief hike in the snowy Adirondack Mountains in New York, said, "The Clean Air Act has helped reduce acid rain and urban air pollution." "We've done all this at a time when our economy and population grew dramatically," the president said. "We have shown that we can expand our economy for the good of all of is, while also being good and conscientious stewards of the environment." Gore said instead of working to reduce air pollution, "the Bush administration's so-called 'Clean Skies' initiative actually allows more toxic mercury, nitrogen oxide and sulfur pollution than if we enforced the laws on the books today." Gore, who was joined at the rally by his wife Tipper, also criticized the Bush administration for favoring increased domestic oil production over conservation. "Obviously, we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, so that America cannot be held hostage to global chaos and tin-horn tyrants like (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein," he said. However, Gore stressed that drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge would cause "decades of environmental damage -- to reap just a few months of increased oil supply." "The fact is when 65 percent of the world's oil supply is in the Gulf and only 3 percent in America, we cannot drill our way to self-sufficiency," he said. Gore who has not announced whether he will challenge Bush in 2004, authored "Earth in the Balance" in 1992. Copyright � 2002 United Press International ------------------------ "In little more than a year we have gone from enjoying peace and the most prosperous economy in our history, to a nation plunged into war, recession and fear. This is a nation being transformed before our very eyes." http://www.truthout.com Steve Wingate, Webmaster ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
