Environmental Management – the Platform of Choice for Political Contenders

More and more political contenders are citing the environment as a way to unify voters against the current administration.

Case in point, Democratic candidate for governor Eliot Spitzer.  Spitzer cited President Bush as an environmental failure recently in his call for a bigger, tougher environmental policy. 

"George Bush is, hands down, the worst president on environmental and energy issues that this country has ever seen," New York's attorney general told a crowd of supporters in a campaign stop carried live over WAMC-FM public radio. "His legacy of environmental degradation will take decades to repair."

Spitzer has also taken legal action against the Bush administration 17 times in his two terms as attorney general, often over air quality and acid rain issues.

Another political figure taking a stand on the environment is Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels.  He led the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2005 to unanimously support a green grass roots initiative to adhere to the Kyoto Protocol.

These political leaders are reflecting the slow uprising of their consitiuents on how our federal government can no longer ignore environmental issues.

by
Erin Swanson
ESwanson@enviance.com