Kerry Criticizes Bush on Environmental Record

Date: February 6, 2003

Source: News Room

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has criticized President George W. Bush's environmental policies in a speech at the John F. Kennedy presidential library in Boston. Kerry, one of six declared Democratic candidates who plan to seek their party's nomination to challenge Bush in the 2004 presidential election, said the United States cannot drill its way to oil independence along the lines favored by Bush in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Instead, he urged development of technology to make homes, businesses and transportation more efficient while creating a national market for biofuels from crops, wood and waste. Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri and former Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont each have criticized Bush in recent weeks for his environmental record.

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