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Outside magazine, August 2000

CAMPAIGN 2000:
GORE | GORE'S GREEN CORPS BUSH | BIG MAN ON CAMPUS ASSUME THE POSITIONS NADER

ASSUME THE POSITIONS
What will the next president do with the Earth? Here's what each candidate promises.

ISSUE	GORE	BUSH
Endangered Species	Strengthen enforcement of the 1973 Endangered Species Act and increase funding for habitat purchase and protection.	Give states a say in which species get on the endangered list. Compensate landowners for any loss of income from habitat protection.
Clean Air	Force fuel economy on new cars, phase out old power plants that fail emission standards, restore air quality in national parks to pre-industrial levels.	Require a modest reduction of sulfur in gasoline.
Clean Water	Give industry polluters financial incentives to mend their ways, enforce the 1972 Clean Water Act. Will veto any bills that lower water quality.	Give polluters financial incentives to mend their ways; lighten up on Clean Water Act enforcement.
Global Warming	Lobby the Senate to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to lower emissions that cause global warming.	Deep-six Kyoto. Recognizes that the globe is heating up, but says "both the causes and the impact of this slight warming are uncertain."
Toxic Waste	Cut back on mercury contamination of the Great Lakes by setting performance standards for midwestern power plants.	Center cleanup policy on brownfields—abandoned industrial sites.
Sprawl	Provide $1 billion in tax incentives to landowners and developers who preserve land threatened by sprawl.	Lower, and eventually eliminate, the estate tax, easing pressure on cash-poor farm families to sell land.
Public Lands	Double spending for Land and Water Conservation Fund to $900 million to buy federal land. Ban road-building on all federal roadless areas.	Boost Land and Water Conservation Fund to $900 million and use half for local and state land acquisition.
Oil Stands	Continue moratorium on new oil drilling off coasts of Florida and California; keep Arctic National Wildlife Refuge closed to drillers.	Continue the new-drilling moratorium off Florida and California coasts; open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to exploratory drilling.