Subject:  Clinton/Gore get grade of D -- on environment....(Guru)
Date:     Tue, 14 Sep 1999 151130 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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......The news item I forward below will not be "news" to members of
this list.....  It confirms what Guru has been telling you for YEARS
about the record of the Clinton-democrats on the environment....!!!  And,
it also explains why they have been so pro-telecom  -- and pro-power
industry -- on EMF health matters.....  Profits (politically speaking)
were put ahead of people.....

Cheerio.....

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)......
rbeavers@llion.org.......
.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
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12:42 PM ET 09/14/99

Environmental Group Backs Bradley


 By ANNE PANDOLFI=
 Associated Press Writer=
           WASHINGTON (AP) _ The political arm of the environmental group
 Friends of the Earth today endorsed Bill Bradley for president,
 saying his record was ``far superior'' than the one compiled by
 Vice President Al Gore.
           ``On a wide range of water, toxics and public lands issues,
 Bradley has been a forceful champion,'' said Brent Blackwelder,
 president of the environmental group's PAC.
           Gore has made the environment a central theme of his political
 career.
           ``There was a lot of rhetoric of what Gore was going to do and
 he didn't follow through with that,'' said Friends of the Earth
 spokesman Mark Whiteis-Helm.
           The group said Gore passed up the opportunity to take the lead
 on environmental issues and actually paved the way for ``draconian
 erosions of existing environmental protection.''
           Whiteis-Helm lists protecting the ozone layer as one of Gore's
 failed opportunities. During Gore's tenure as vice president, the
 administration weakened the phase-out date for the chemical methyl
 bromide and opposed the stronger protection measures suggested by
 European nations, the group said.

****       Friends of the Earth gave the Clinton administration an average
 grade of ``D'' for its environmental record.   ******

           ``It was disappointing to tell the American people who is the
 better candidate for the environment,'' since Gore has put
 environmental issues on the political agenda, said Whiteis-Helm.
           Comparing the two candidates while each served in the Senate _
 Bradley represented New Jersey and Gore was a Tennessee senator _
 the vice president again falls short, the group said. It cited
 League of Conservation Voters rankings, which gave Bradley a 85.5
 score out of a 100 on the environment, while Gore only reached a
 66.5.
           ``Bradley did more than simply vote pro-environment. He
 introduced legislation, did his homework, built constituencies, and
 got the legislation passed. He used his presence on the Senate
 floor effectively and he produced demonstrable results,'' the group
 said in a written statement.



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