Clinton/Gore '96

Environment

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Ensuring Public Health
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 Made the air we breathe cleaner by issuing new standards to cut toxic pollution from chemical plants by 90% and dangerous incinerator emissions by 98%.
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 Fought attempts in Congress to roll back the progress made in ensuring safe food and water for our families.
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 Issued new policy to protect consumers from E. Coli bacteria contamination in meat.
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 Expanded the public’s right-to-know about toxic releases and required polluters to disclose information to the public.
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 Ensured compliance with environmental safeguards by toughening EPA’s enforcement programs.
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 Fought Republican Congressional attempts to gut the Superfund law that makes polluters—rather than taxpayers—pay to clean up toxic dumps. Vetoed a Republican Congressional bill that cut Superfund clean ups by 25%.
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 Canceled 75 hazardous pesticides while moving safer substitutes into the market more quickly.


Protecting Our Natural Resources
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 Fought attempts to close national parks and lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
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 Committed $1.5 billion over seven years to help restore the unique Florida Everglades.
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 Broke through decades of conflict and negotiated a consensus plan to protect and allocate California Bay-Delta water.


Common Sense Reforms to Environmental Programs
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 Changed EPA rules and procedures to reduce paperwork requirements for businesses by 10 million hours.
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 Reformed wetlands and endangered species programs to better protect the environment while lessening any adverse impact on homeowners.
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 Launched a Brownfields Initiative to return land to productive use by providing tax incentives to clean up old industrial waste sites.


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