Candidates on the Environment

last month governor davis announce millions of dollars in state grants for coastal preservation he also took the opportunity to tout his environmental record i pledge the california said i will work diligently every day to protect its coastline protect local economies protect this magnificent recreational opportunity investing in our coast is good for our health and it's good for our economy more than any other candidate in the recall campaign davis has highlighted environmental issues and environmental groups have praised him for his appointees to state boards and for the landmark bills he's signed we go mustard a nano is executive director of the california league of conservation voters you could argue but republican political consultant allan hoffenblum says there's a practical reason why davis is highlighting the issue with accountability point three percent approval rating that means you know a lot of people who are not right wing republicans aren't happy with the job you point to a big innovation that have a strong appeal of a democrat

environmentalist oppose the recall but jill kelley editor of the californian by rand report says many will likely vote for cruz booster monday he is of course probably have more chance of winning than independents do and they believe that he would largely carry on the policies of the davis administration and perhaps even leave many of the same people who are serving on the various environmental boards and commissions in place although that is still not known one environmental issue that's getting attention is energy conservation this cartoon from arianna huffington web site shows the candidate driving a hybrid in a road race with schwartz a nigger our eye har har huffington has a crusade against suv is in her syndicated columns she's attacked bush

administration policies on climate change and once california to step up its efforts to develop and use alternative energy green party candidate peter commando proposes to pay for a transition to cleaner and renewable energy by taxing fossil fuels california environment report editor bill kelly in that he really is a lion of the other candidates voice support for renewable energy but none of them were impressed will really help provide any details how they would fund that transition schwarzenegger is also talking energy conservation for one thing he says he'll retrofit his hummer to burn natural gas or hydrogen he also opposes federal plans to step up logging in fear of boris and wants to ensure federal laws don't worsen air quality in california schwartz a neighbor is getting advice from prominent environmentalist robert f kennedy jr environmentalist rico mustard anonymous says the candidate hasn't provided enough details so it's a huge huge leap of faith especially considering the kind of data that he's put together to help him win the

selection if he surrounded himself with people from the wealthy the administration i'm not very confident that he's going to take environmental issues very seriously the only major candidate who isn't courting the environmental vote is state senator tom mcclean talk he believes environmental regulations are hampering the economy and driving jobs out of the state in a televised debate earlier this month he advocated banning the california coastal commission always believed that local communities will be far more jealous guardians of their coastline in some statewide commission they are filled with political appointees the california league of conservation voters gives mcclane talks record in the state legislature a rating of zero a republican consultant allan hoffenblum doesn't think much of the scores you look at the organizations that had to be noted at super environmental issues but that the league of conservation voters you look at the ratings for the legislators sacramento and all the

democrats accept that with maybe the exception of water to all i have a ninety plus rating or a hundred rating and all the republicans have a hero or a pen or a lab and rating hoffenblum notes the endorsements of environmental groups are often political elsa set sail at nine point three kpcc