This from the new Kerry environmental website:
Kerry Spoke at First Earth Day in Massachusetts 33 Years Ago – Senator John Kerry, having returned from service in Vietnam, spoke at the first Earth Day in Massachusetts on April 22, 1970. “Kerry, who gave some of the first speeches of his career at Boston’s first Earth Day in 1970, said he has seen much improvement in the environment since then: less lead pollution, a cleaner Charles River and Boston Harbor, and a vanishing threat of extinction to gray whales and bald eagles.”
Kerry’s Fight Against Acid Rain Goes Back More Than 20 Years — As Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, Kerry co-chaired the 1983 Acid Rain Task Force and issued the "Call for Action ," saying," ‘Today we are releasing what we believe to be the most comprehensive analysis of the damage caused by acid rain in this country,’ Kerry declared on the Statehouse steps.” In his year first year in the Senate, John Kerry introduced the National Acid Rain Control Act in order to improve standards for clean air and establish a fund to finance emission reductions. Later Kerry called for Senate hearings into the global impact of Acid Rain and criticized the Reagan Administration for its weak commitment to end acid rain.
Kerry Worked to Strengthen the Clean Air Act– John Kerry has worked to strengthen the Clean Air Act and was an instrumental leader in fighting the first Bush Administration’s attempts to weaken it. Kerry also pushed legislation to create stronger “anti-smog” regulations and promote cleaner air. <101st Congress, S. 57, S.Amdt.1348; Boston Globe, 4/29/90>
Kerry Leads the Charge to Fight Global Warming – Kerry’s work for the environment includes significant efforts to fight global warming. Kerry introduced the “Global Climate Change Act of 2001” to “speed national action to address global climate change.” Kerry also successfully attached an amendment to the 2001 Bush budget package to “reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address global climate change concerns, protect global environment, promote domestic energy security and to provide increased funding for voluntary programs that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” <107th Congress, S.1716, S. Amdt. 249>
Kerry Worked to Guarantee Clean and Safe Drinking Water - John Kerry worked to guarantee cleaner and safer drinking water by strengthening the Safe Drinking Water Act, and fought efforts to weaken it. In 1996, the Kerry Amendment to the budget resolution ensured “protection in the quality of our water.” Most recently Kerry voiced his strong opposition to President Bush’s attempt to rollback drinking water standards for arsenic. More recently, Kerry criticized President George W. Bush and his EPA report on the environment stating that Bush's policies have "gutted important provisions of the Clean Water Act." <104th Congress, S.Amdt. 3990; Associated Press, 6/23/03>
Kerry is the Senate Leader in Protecting Marine Mammals – John Kerry, a member of the Oceans and Fisheries subcommittee, authored the Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994 that was later signed into law by President Clinton. In 1990, Kerry authored the Driftnet Act Amendments of 1990/Fishery Conservation Amendments of 1990 in an effort to preserve marine mammal population. “In what its sponsor calls a major reform of the nation's fishing laws, legislation banning the use of drift nets that threaten marine mammals was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee...” <103rd Congress, S. 1636, PL103-238; 101st Congress, S. 1025; Boston Globe, 5/23/90>
League of Conservation Voters: Kerry’s Leadership “Unsurpassed” – “Kerry’s exceptional lifetime score of 96 percent on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard and his unsurpassed leadership on clean air, safe drinking water, and open space issues make him an invaluable environmental leader in Congress.”
http://www.envirosforkerry.com/
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