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Briefs - The Environment |
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quotes are by General Wesley Clark unless otherwise identified |
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For
a detailed discussion of Wes Clark's stands on environmental
issues, check out his answers on the
League of Conservation Voters Questionnaire
at
http://www.enviros4clark.com/lcv.shtml |
Excerpt
from Clark04.com,
The 100 Year Vision,
September 18, 2003. |
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ahead 100 years, the United States will be defined by
our environment, both our physical environment and our
legal, Constitutional environment. America needs to remain
the most desirable country in the world, attracting talent
and investment with the best physical and institutional
environment in the world. But achieving our goals in these
areas means we need to begin now. |
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Environmentally,
it means that we must do more to protect our natural resources,
enabling us to extend their economic value indefinitely
through wise natural resource extraction policies that
protect the beauty and diversity of our American ecosystems
- our seacoasts, mountains, wetlands, rain forests, alpine
meadows, original timberlands and open prairies.
We must balance carefully the short- term needs for
commercial exploitation with longer-term respect for
the natural gifts our country has received. We may also
have to assist market-driven adjustments in urban and
rural populations, as we did in the 19th Century with
the Homestead Act.
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Excerpt
from
Speech to the New Democratic Network,
June 17, 2003. |
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As you look at where we are in this country, a hundred
years from now, none of us, probably, will be here.
But basically, a hundred years out you have to think
of the environment and your legal, constitutional institutions.
And if you're going to work the environment and those
institutions, that work has to start today. Because,
it takes a hundred years to work effectively and protect
the great gifts we've been given in this country.
A hundred years from now, it's going to be very important
that we make America a beautiful, safe land. We want
our grandchildren to really love it here. We want people
from all over the world to come here. We want it to
be a natural, a national park, a treasure, all over
the world. We can do that but we have to start now.
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Excerpt
from Clark04.com,
The 100 Year Vision,
September 18, 2003. |
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We must do more to protect our natural resources, enabling
us to extend their economic value indefinitely through
wise natural resource extraction policies that protect
the beauty and diversity of our American ecosystems -
our seacoasts, mountains, wetlands, rain forests, alpine
meadows, original timberlands and open prairies. We must
balance carefully the short term needs for commercial
exploitation with longer term respect for the natural
gifts our country has received. |
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Excerpt
from NPR radio,
The Connection with Dick Gordon
September 8, 2003. |
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renewable energy: There are two big legacies we leave
to our children: Constitutional government, and the environment
itself. Every day we wait the problems accumulate and
get worse. We should work right now on clean air, clean
water, and climate change. We need to support upgrades
to air pollution controls, for example -- a lot of measures
have been rolled back by the Administration. |
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Excerpt
from Clark04.com,
The 100 Year Vision,
September 18, 2003. |
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[My 100 Year Vision] means that we must do more to protect
our natural resources, enabling us to extend their economic
value indefinitely. We may also have to assist market-driven
adjustments in urban and rural populations, as we did
in the 19th Century with the Homestead Act. We will seek
to maximize the opportunities for private gain, consistent
with concern for the public good. |
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