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American Beekeepers, take a stand, if you don't care about the environment
there's something wrong with your head. The corporate special interest have
achieved their goal of getting their man to Washington, (I say conspiratorial
and illegally, but we have a tradition of this, so it isn't very shocking) and
now it's payback time for all those millions in bribes. However, that doesn't
mean the fighting is over, it's just beginning.
Regardless of what party member represents your district, keep letting them
know that you will not approve of any 'economic' decisions at the expense of
the environment, especially air, water, and food quality and the commercial
exploitation of (any) wilderness areas.
Now the news:
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LCV’s Weekly Congressional Update
Week of January 14, 2001
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The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) continues to monitor Congressional
activity and hold Members accountable for their action on important
environmental issues. See the information below for a concise look at what
happened in Congress last week and what we anticipate for the coming week.
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SUMMARY
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In what will be a pivotal week for the future of environmental policy and
protection in the United States, Senate hearings are to take place on
President-elect Bush’s cabinet nominees for Interior, Energy and
Agriculture. In addition, hearings took place on Wednesday 17th for New
Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman for the post of EPA Administrator.
Here’s the latest news on the hearings and information about each nominee.
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**Presidential Appointments**
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**One of the most controversial cabinet nominees is Gale Norton for the
Secretary of Interior. Hearings will be held by the Senate Energy &
Natural Resources Committee.
LCV is strongly opposed to this nomination. Along with a coalition of
other national environmental organizations, LCV is engaged in a nationwide
campaign to educate voters about the danger of putting Gale Norton in
charge of 500 million acres of federal land, containing endangered species
and pristine national parks. You can learn more about the campaign and
Gale Norton’s record by clicking www.saynotonorton.org .
Norton worked under former Reagan Interior Secretary James Watt at the
Mountain States Legal Foundation in Denver, a group that advocates
conservative approaches to environmental issues and “takings” of property.
Norton served for two terms as Colorado’s attorney general from 1991 to
1999. While she has said she is proud of her efforts to clean up
contaminated sites in Colorado, including the former Rocky Mountain
Arsenal and Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons site, environmentalists
note she was also instrumental in creating the state’s "self audit"
program, which allows companies to conduct voluntary audits to determine
if they are in compliance with environmental laws. Colorado’s law gives
companies immunity from litigation and fines if they report and correct
the violations. Environmentalists oppose this type of program, calling it
a "get out of jail free" card for polluters.
In addition to serving as Colorado attorney general, Norton has served on
the board of Defenders of Property Rights, a group that advocates
compensation of property owners whose land is subject to environmental
regulation. She is also a former co-chair of the Coalition of Republican
Environmental Advocates (CREA), an industry-funded front group whose
members include such anti-environment elected officials as former
Representative Chenoweth-Hage and House Resources Committee Chairman Don
Young.
Hearings will be held on Thursday, January 18th at 2:30pm. If necessary,
the committee will reconvene at 9:00am on Friday January 19th. C-Span will
be covering the Norton hearings in their entirety both on their website at
www.cspan.org and on their cable television station. Live webcasts can
also be viewed at www.energy.senate.gov
**The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold hearings on
the nomination of former Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham for the post of
Secretary of Energy.
LCV is opposed to this nomination. Abraham was one of LCV’s “Dirty Dozen”
during the 2000 elections and was defeated largely because of his extreme
anti-environment record. He has voted against higher fuel efficiency
standards, to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and
has even sponsored legislation to abolish the Department of Energy that he
now hopes to lead. Additional information on Spencer Abraham’s record can
be found at www.lcv.org .
The hearing is scheduled for 9:00am on Thursday, January 18th. Live
webcasts will be shown at www.cspan.org and the Senate Energy Committee
website at www.energy.senate.gov
**The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold hearings on the nomination of
Ann Veneman to be Secretary of Agriculture.
Veneman’s confirmation is expected to proceed without a hitch. She has
received praise from a range of stakeholders in agricultural policy. As
USDA secretary, Veneman will hold a key role in shaping the 2002 Farm
Bill, which will include reauthorization of a host of conservation
programs, making the upcoming Farm Bill one of the most important
environmental measures likely to be passed by the 107th Congress. She will
also be responsible for the U.S. Forest Service.
Hearings are scheduled for Thursday, January 18th at 9:00am.
**The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee held hearings on the
nomination of New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman for Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Gov. Whitman has received mixed reviews from environmentalists. She is
credited with making significant progress on protecting coastlines and
reducing the number of beach closures due to pollution. Environmentalists
have hailed Gov. Whitman for her work to protect open space in one of the
most heavily developed states in the nation.
However, she has also come under fierce criticism by some local
environmentalists for what they consider lax pollution enforcement actions
taken by her office and for the drastic cuts she made in the state’s
environmental protection budget. While Governor of New Jersey, Whitman
sought voluntary compliance with pollution laws rather than strict
enforcement. For more information on Christie Todd Whitman, go to
www.lcv.org and click on ‘Eye on the Administration’.
At the hearings held on Wednesday, Senators asked Gov. Whitman pointed
questions about her positions on environmental protection. During her
testimony, Whitman emphasized that environmental regulations must take
into account their impact on the U.S. economy.
"No longer do we debate about whether we need to protect our environment.
Instead we discuss how we can keep America green while keeping our economy
growing," she said.
Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-New Jersey, labeled her prospective nomination
as a "very wise selection". He noted that New Jersey developed one of the
nation's best coastal management programs under her tenure, as well as a
model plan to clean up toxic "brownfield" sites. For more information
click www.cnn.com/allpolitics/ .
The hearing took place at 9:30am on Wednesday, January 17th. C-Span has
taped the hearing and will be airing it at a time to be announced. To
check the television schedule got to www.cspan.org .
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LCV's Weekly Congressional Update is compiled using various sources,
including Congressional Quarterly and Congressional GreenSheets.
LCV-Update is brought to you by the League of Conservation Voters, the
nonprofit political voice for the national environmental and conservation
community. LCV is the only national organization dedicated full-time to
informing the public about the environmental records of federally elected
officials and candidates.
LCV publishes annually the National Environmental Scorecard, which rates
members of Congress on the most critical environmental votes cast during
that year.
If you would like to sign up to receive your own updates, send the following
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C.K.
No1
forest around nuclear labs that happened to be leaking secrets to China?
Dubya was my governor and he is a good man. Somebody with principles and
morals for a change!!!!!
Robert
Charlie Kroeger <ckr...@frankensteinface.com> wrote in message
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Ripon
some of the best and brightest the country has to offer. (Powell, Rice,
and especially Ashcroft to name a few)
For the first time in eight years I'm actually optimistic about the
direction of my country.
Just my $.02
Ripon
Beekeeper wannabee
Charlie Kroeger
>Beekeeper wannabee
Ripon, with the Dub's environmental secretary's 'record' on the environment,
making money (known collectively as the economy) will be more important than
little details like the welfare of bees; getting that huge GM crop to the
supermarket will be the thing.
My suggestion is to cease being a wannabee and start keeping bees forthwith;
if you're born that way, you'll soon know it. One day you find, it's you who
is being kept; strange but true.
Good luck,
C.K.
Charlie Kroeger
We'll certainly find out; since it's one thing to be the Governor of Texas,
which is constitutionally speaking, 'Not much', i.e a perfect position for the
Dub, however, it's quite another thing being President. Of course he has a lot
of handlers and spinners, rather like the 'gipper.' Solecisms and all, he's
our guy and he should look good for a while.
>Somebody with principles and
>morals for a change!!!!!
"there's an east wind coming, Watson."
"I think not Holmes. It is very warm."
"Good old Watson!" You are the one fixed point in a changing age.
There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England
yet.
-
A. Conan Doyle
C.K.