Contribute Community Blog Grassroots Issues About Wes Clark clark04 home
This is the clark04.com Web site archive. This site is no longer maintained.
Clark04.com Clark04.com
navigation
CONTRIBUTE
Email:
$25
$100
$250
$500
WELCOME CENTER
GET INFORMED
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN
MULTIMEDIA
SUPPORTER TOOLS
COMMUNITIES
HOW TO HELP
Sign up for Wes Points

New Videos Available!
On the Issues: Turnaround Plan for America

GOAL #2: PREVENT 100,000 PREMATURE DEATHS FROM DIRTY AIR

Clean Our Air and Respect Our Environment

President Bush's Record of Failure
100,000 premature deaths. President Bush's failure to protect our air will cause over 100,000 premature environmentally-related deaths by 2020.

Wes Clark's Turnaround Plan

Wes Clark's Clean Air Plan would improve America's health by reducing air pollution. Wes Clark's plan will concentrate on the biggest polluters and bring dramatic health benefits to Americans in cities, small towns and rural areas across the nation. Specifically, his four-part plan will:

  1. Set tough air pollution standards for electric power plans. Wes Clark will set tough new limits on the four major pollutants from power plants, establish new programs to reduce airborne toxins and carcinogens, and design policies to protect the most vulnerable Americans, including children and the elderly.

  2. Crack down on corporate polluters. Wes Clark will rigorously enforce environmental laws that protect the public health, reduce pollution, and ensure that companies that play by the rules are not unfairly disadvantaged.

  3. Use American technology and market-based approaches to meet air pollution challenges with innovative, job-creating solutions. Wes Clark will promote an aggressive effort to develop innovative pollution control technologies. In addition, he will use market-based approaches that foster environmental protection while promoting economic growth.

  4. Restore trust in our environmental programs. The Bush administration has violated the public's trust in many ways, including failing to provide accurate information on air pollution risks to New York City residents and emergency personnel after the 9/11 tragedy. Wes Clark will tell the truth to the American people and the world.

Wes Clark's Accountability Benchmark
Put in place policies by 2008 that will prevent 100,000 premature deaths from dirty air by 2020.

» Read the speech
» Read Clark's Turnaround Pledge (PDF)
» State by State Breakdown of Goals

© 2004 - Paid for by Clark For President - P.O. Box 2959, Little Rock, AR 72203
Contributions and gifts made to Clark for President are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.