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| JANUARY
20, 1999 2:52 PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sierra Club Daniel Silverman, (415) 977-5526 Sam Parry, (202) 675-7907 |
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| State Of The Union Address Proposes Bold Environmental Initiatives | ||||
| WASHINGTON
- January 20 - Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director:
"The Sierra Club applauds President Clinton's State of the Union Address and his leadership in making environmental protection a priority. The President's proposals represent a strong investment in our children's heritage -- America's special wild places -- and an increased commitment to clean air, clean water, protecting forests, farmland, and open space and fighting global warming. "The proposals work to combat urban sprawl -- now the fastest growing threat to our environment. They increase protection of America's special places from the Mojave Desert and the Lewis and Clark territory in the West, to the Maine Woods and the Everglades in the East. In addition, the President proposed the creation of a clean air fund that will help communities reduce global warming and air pollution, and tax incentives to encourage companies to produce less polluting vehicles, homes, and buildings. "President Clinton has taken a step forward and shown that he is listening to the 80 percent of Americans who define themselves as environmentalists. Now, we ask Congress to embrace the Administration's goals and the people's wishes. They must implement these proposals and fulfill their promise to Americans to protect our environment -- for our families, for our future." Environmental initiatives specifically outlined in the President's address include: * Investing a billion dollars into the Land and Water Conservation Fund to protect our children's heritage from development, oil and gas drilling, logging and mining. * Encouraging the development of urban parks and the protection of farmlands, and potentially reversing a fifty year trend of federal policies and programs that helped create sprawl. * Establishing tax incentives to reward companies that take action to reduce the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. * Creating a clean air fund that will help communities fight air and global warming pollution. ### |
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