Campaign Literature—1988 General Election


 California Republican Party / VICTORY 88

Brochure - 4" x 9".


BUSH
For President   


Protecting, Conserving Our Environment


GEORGE BUSH ON THE ENVIRONMENT
A RECORD OF LEADERSHIP
 
• Clean air. Pure water. Unspoiled land. Open spaces. Abundant wildlife. That's the greatest legacy we can give our children and grand­children. The condition of our land, water and air affects the health and quality of life of each and every American.

• George Bush is committed to protect and preserve our natural heritage - he has been an environmentalist since his earliest days as a congressman.

• He chaired a House Task Force on Earth Resources and Population.

• He voted for the Council on Environmental Quality, the Water Quality Improvement Act, Clean Air Act amendments of 1970, and a reform of the Oil Pollution Act.

• He fought to create the Big Thicket National Park in Texas.

• As Vice President, George Bush played a particularly important role in creating the Wallop-Breaux Trust Fund, amending EPA regulations to reduce lead in the air, and de­regulating natural gas-a clean-burning fuel.

• George Bush aided in the creation of the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors, embracing many of its recommen­dations, ranging from protection of rivers and wetlands to "polishing" our outdoor ethic.


GEORGE BUSH MEANS BUSINESS ON CLEANING UP OUR ENVIRONMENT

He will:
 
• End ocean dumping by 1991. Prosecute all illegal dumpers of medical waste.

• Limit future acid rain by cutting millions of tons of sulfur dioxide and achieving a significant reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions by the year 2000. George Bush believes the time for study alone has passed.

• Prevent offshore drilling on certain environmentally sensitive tracts.

• Continue the Republican tradition of protecting and expanding our National Park system.

• Support a "no net loss" of wetlands policy nationwide.


Paid for by California Republican Party / VICTORY 88.
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MICHAEL DUKAKIS AND BOSTON HARBOR:
A RECORD OF NEGLECT
 
As a candidate for governor in 1974, Dukakis complained about pollution in Boston Harbor. "Parts of the harbor are little more than an open sewer ... '' (The Brookline Chronicle, 6/13/74)
 
• But once Dukakis became governor, the situation got worse, not better. Instead of carrying out the plans for more water treat­ment started by his predecessor, Dukakis had the state apply for an exemption from the Clean Water Act in 1978.

• In 1983, the EPA denied Massachusetts' request for an exemption. But instead of complying, the state appealed EPA's ruling, further delaying a clean-up.

• The Reagan-Bush Administration then took the state to court to force Massachusetts to come up with a timetable to clean up its harbor, which the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority recognized as "the Dirtiest Harbor in America."

• New sewage plants are not scheduled to be completed until 1999, which is 22 years after the original deadline set by the Clean Water Act.

• Because of Dukakis' delaying tactics, the state missed out on federal funds to help with the clean-up. The average Boston household will see its water bill go from $300 to $1200 over the next 8 years.

• On Memorial Day, 1988, Dukakis toured the New Jersey seashore and promised to help ban ocean dumping of sludge off the coast of New Jersey. This pledge reached the height of hypocrisy, since in 1985, Massachusetts asked for permission to dump Boston sludge off the coast of New Jersey.


GEORGE BUSH IS PROUD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF:

William Ruckelshaus, twice Administrator of the EPA

Russell Train, first Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and former Administrator of the EPA

Mrs. W.L. Lyons Brown, former Governor of The Nature Conservancy and former Board Member of the National Audubon Society

Nathaniel Reed, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Mrs. Thomas Waller, former President of the Garden Club of America and former Member of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality

... and millions of Environmentalists across the country.