A reader of the Augusta Free Press writes to the EarthTalk column:
Dear EarthTalk: What are the major environmental issues that our next president, be it Obama or McCain, will have to confront?
The answer:
"The nonprofit League of Conservation Voters, America’s leading voice for environmental advocacy within electoral politics, would prefer to see Obama elected president given his environmental track record and plans for the future. While both candidates favor instituting a mandatory “cap-and-trade” program (whereby the federal government allows polluters to trade for the right to emit a reduced overall amount of greenhouse gases), Obama is for more strident cuts. He would like to see the U.S. reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by some 80 percent by 2050, while McCain supports only cutting back by 65 percent. Both candidates have authored legislation in the Senate designed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, although no such bills have come close to passing...more
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