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Secretray Kempthorne's Task Force
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
This week, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne called for the formation of a task force to examine the ways that the Interior Department’s 73,000 employees can help deal with climate change. The Sierra Club applauds any effort by Bush Administration officials to take their energy and land management policies in a direction that protects wildlife, reduces global warming pollution, and moves America towards a more sustainable future.
Statement of Sierra Club Senior Representative Sean Cosgrove on Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s Global Warming Task Force
"Global warming poses an enormous threat to our nation’s forests, mountains, and wildlife. Because the Interior Department manages many of the lands and wildlife that would be most affected by global warming, it is only fitting that the agency would take the lead in fighting the problem."
"Interior Secretary Kempthorne is right on one point -- global warming is already taking its toll on our nation’s wildlife. The good news is that the Interior Department has the power to help curb this damage."
"The Interior Department’s fight against global warming should start with its management of the fossil fuels that cause climate change. Interior Department agencies should not open more of our public lands to mining and oil and gas drilling, which will only accelerate global warming."
"One immediate opportunity to help curb the impacts of global warming is to stop the logging of rare old-growth forests on federal land. These ancient forests groves and roadless areas are currently at risk from retrograde Bush administration proposals. In southwest Oregon alone, the Bureau of Land Management is developing plans that could log tens of thousands of acres of ancient forest. The ancient forests that are on the chopping block are the ones that store the most carbon and help reduce the impacts of global warming."
"By vigilantly protecting our wildlife and wild places and managing public lands for clean energy solutions like solar and wind power, the Interior Department can help our nation make great strides in the fight against global warming. Now is the time for real leadership by all federal agencies in the fight against global warming. We look forward to helping Secretary Kempthorne in his efforts to combat global warming and protect America’s wild heritage."Labels: wild legacy
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I can't believe Kempthorne didn't get shown the door just as Alberto Gonzalez did. He's done just as much to skirt around the law.
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