Barack Obama on Environment
• Willing to suspend ethanol subsidy to keep food prices down. (May 2008)
• Genesis teaches stewardship of earth: sacrifice for future. (Apr 2008)
• Regulate animal feeding operations for pollution. (Feb 2008)
• Will end the notion of Yucca Mountain nuclear storage. (Jan 2008)
• Promote green technologies and fuel efficiency standards. (Dec 2007)
• Organized inner-city recycling; fought environmental racism. (Oct 2007)
• Reduce mercury and lead to protect community health. (Aug 2007)
• Protect the Great Lakes & our National Parks and Forests. (Aug 2007)
• 1985: Organized asbestos removal in Chicago housing project. (Aug 2007)
• Passed lead abatement & 24 other laws in IL Senate. (Aug 2007)
• Give Katrina contracts to locals, not to Halliburton. (Jun 2007)
• Health Care for Hybrids proposal for fuel efficiency. (Mar 2007)
• Scored 60% on Humane Society Scorecard on animal protection. (Jan 2007)
• Three months working on minority students recycling. (Aug 1996)
• Voted YES on including oil & gas smokestacks in mercury regulations. (Sep 2005)
• Tax credit to remove lead-based housepaint. (Nov 2005)
• Establish commission to examine Katrina response. (Sep 2005)
• Sponsored health impact bill for environmental health. (Apr 2006)
• Inter-state compact for Great Lakes water resources. (Jul 2008)
• Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)
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