122292 Resource 107527 107631 107631 1144218107078 1144219086430 Controlled Environmental Management – the Platform of Choice for Political Contenders

Growing concern over environmental management fuels political grass roots initiatives

<p><font size="2">More and more <strong>political contenders</strong> are citing the environment as a way to unify voters against the current administration.</font></p><p><font size="2">Case in point, Democratic candidate for governor <strong>Eliot Spitzer</strong>.&nbsp; Spitzer cited President Bush as an environmental failure recently in his call for a bigger, tougher environmental policy.&nbsp;<br /><br />&quot;<a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12079424/"><strong><u>George Bush is, hands down, the worst president</u></strong></a> on environmental and energy issues that this country has ever seen,&quot; New York's attorney general told a crowd of supporters in a campaign stop carried live over WAMC-FM public radio. &quot;His <strong>legacy of environmental degradation</strong> will take decades to repair.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2">Spitzer has also taken legal action against the Bush administration <strong>17 times</strong> in his two terms as attorney general, often over air quality and acid rain issues.</font></p><p><font size="2">Another political figure taking a stand on the environment is <a title="Grist Magazine article on Greg Nichols and kyoto protocal" href="http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/06/15/little-nickels/index.html" target="_blank"><strong><u>Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels</u></strong></a>.&nbsp; He led the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2005 to unanimously support a green grass roots initiative&nbsp;to adhere to the <strong>Kyoto Protocol</strong>.<br /><br />These political leaders are reflecting the slow uprising of their consitiuents on how our federal government can no longer ignore&nbsp;environmental issues.</font></p><p><font size="2">by<br /><strong>Erin Swanson<br /></strong></font><a href="mailto:ESwanson@enviance.com"><font size="2"><strong><u>ESwanson@enviance.com</u></strong></font></a></p> 9 application/xml false environmental management CNBC article on Spitzer rides environmental platform, wants cleaner energy http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12079424/ An interview with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels on his pro-Kyoto cities initiative http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/06/15/little-nickels/index.html Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 eswanson false true false false true 205814 false false true false false false true 107527 blog blogsite/Enviance/web