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Voting for the environment

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Voting for the environment
Voting for the environment
Why some voters say the environment is a key issue.

THAN ANYTHING ELSETHIS ELECTION: THEENVIRONMENT ANDCLIMATE CHANGE.AS OUR JOE ST.GEORGE TELLS USPRESIDENT TRUMPAND JOE BIDENDIFFER GREATLY ONWHAT SHOULD BEDONE AT THEFEDERAL LEVEL ANDTHE IMPACT NOACTION MAY HAVE ONALL OF US.HERE ARE TWO VERYDIFFERENT VOTERS.WE LIKE CLEAN AIR,WE LIKE CLEANWATERTHE ENVIRONMENT ISLIKE THE BASIS OFEVERYTHINGBOTH AREFOLLOWINGENVIRONMENTALISSUES CLOSELY.BUT BOTH HAVE ADIFFERENT TAKE ONWHAT SHOULD BEDONE.FRACKING IS KINDAPOINTLESS TO MEBECAUSE IN A WHILEWE SHOULD BE OUTOF OIL ANNA IS TIREDOF THE ECONOMYRELYING ON DRILLINGAND FRACKING.ALAN WORKS FORTHE PETROLEUMINDUSTRY AND SAYSWE MUST PROTECTTHE ENVIRONMENTBUT DO SORESPONSIBLY ANDNOT TAKE AWAY JOBS.WE HAVE GOT ATREMENDOUSECONOMY IN THEUNITED STATES.PRIMARILY DUE TOCHEAP FOOLSO WHERE DO THEPRESIDENTIALCANDIDATES STANDWHEN IT COMES TOCLIMATE CHANGE ANDTHE ENVIRONMENT?AFTER ALLWISCONSIN ISPROJECTED TO BEIMPACTED.ACCORDING TO THEINDEPENDENTRESEARCH GROUPCLIMATE CENTRALHEAVIER RAINS WILLRESULT IN MORESEWAGE OVERFLOWSIN WISCONSINTHEY ARE BECAUSEOF GLOBAL WARMINGI BELIEVE WE HAVETO DO EVERYTHINGWE CAN DO HAVEIMMACULATE AIRIMMACULATE WATERDURING THEPRESIDENTIALDEBATES THE TOPICCAME UP.

HERE'SHOW PRESIDENTTRUMP AND JOEBIDEN DIFFER.PRESIDENT TRUMPREVERSED NEARLY100 ENVIRONMENTALRULES DURING HISPRESIDENCY THAT HEBELIEVED HURT THEECONOMY REMOVEDTHE UNITED STATESFROM WHAT HEBELIEVES IS ANUNFAIR PARISAGREEMENT MEANTTO STOPTEMPERATURESFROM RISING BYREDUCING EMISSIONSWORLDWIDE BUT HEDID SIGN THE GREATAMERICANOUTDOORS ACTWHICH BOTH PARTIESBELIEVE WILLPROTECT FEDERALLANDS FORGENERATIONSJOE BIDENMEANWHILE WOULDREJOIN THE PARISAGREEMENT WANTSNET-ZERO EMISSIONSNO LATER THAN 2050SUPPORTS PARTS OFTHE GREEN NEWDEAL BUT SAYS HE"WOULD NOT BANFRACKING" BIDENWOULD ALSO SPENDTRILLIONS OFTAXPAYER DOLLARSTO INSTALL SOLARPANELS LIKE THIS.SO THERE IS A LOT ATSTAKE THIS ELECTIONON A LOT OF ISSUES.THE ENVIRONMENT ISJUST ONE OF THEM.BUT IT'S A BIG ONEFOR A LOT OFVOTERS.IF WE KEEP RELYINGON OIL WE AREN'TGOING TO MAKE ACLEAN TRANSITION10728ENVIRONMENTALREGULATIONS HAVETO BE REALISTIC THEOIL AND GASINDUSTRYCONTRIBUTES QUITEA BIT IN WASHINGTONI'M JOE ST.

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