1. Elections Issue Presentation By: Jamie Gorson

2. Emergency Planning and Community Right- to-Know Act 1986 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act1976 Clean Water Act1972 Clean Air Act1970 National Environmental Policy Act1970 greenheritagenews.com

3.  Republicans are calling for 10 of EPA’s regulations to be repealed due to effect on business.  Farmers are worried about more regulations  Protests of Products due to environmental concerns www.topnews.in www.ncbm.org

4. Pollution Control  Standardizes regulations  Population growth is creating more waste  Slow climate change  Take care of environment Cost Control  Financial effects on industries  Hurting Economy  Expensive equipment and time vs. thewonksalon.com

5.  Funding for programs to protect environment  Cleaning community environments  Acknowledged need to minimize regulations  Regulations rising: average of 10 per week http://www.whitehouse.gov/energy/our-environment ohinternet.com

6.  Oppose Kyoto treaty. ◦ No mandatory carbon emissions control  Support tax incentives for energy production  Over regulations hurting economy dailypolitical.com thyblackman.com

7.  “I will work to lift the restraints on energy resources in order to bring down costs and increase supplies”  Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling.  Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.  Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. www.michelebachmann.com

8.  Replace the Environmental Protection Agency  2008 petition drive: Drill here, Drill now, Pay less. (Feb 2011)  New nuclear plants would reduce 2 billion tons of CO2 a year. (Feb 2011) instinctmagazine.com

9.  Loosen government's grip; expand domestic energy resources  Declare and implement a "drill here drill now" strategy  Excessive Regulations are burdens articles.nydailynews.com

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