George Bush's Influence On The Environment

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Despite the fact many tend to ignore the problems involving the environment the truth is the environment has been and will always be the most important factor world wide. Now when it comes to talking about the ex president George Bush and his connection towards the environment I would have never imaged that he actually achieved some benifsale actions. Well, according to Levi a formal CBS journalist some accomplishments regarding the environment would be that “Since 2001, air pollution has dropped by 12%. The strictest air quality standards in American history are now in place – as are strong regulations on power plant and diesel engine emissions. And More than 3.6-million acres of wetlands have been protected, restored or improved." Although he had many successes regarding the environment he also had few failures. According to ontheissues.org President Bush “positon papers contain no mention of clean water. He also weakened the Clean Air Act enforcement.” …show more content…
Unlike George Bush President Obama strengthened the Clean Air Act. Furthermore, the point is that he did more for the environment than Bush did and the reason why was because he made climate change his priority, such as according to Nelson from mnn.com Obama made it clear many times "that no challenge poses a greater threat to our children, our planet and future generations than climate change — and that no other country on Earth is better equipped to lead the world towards a solution." I with out a doubt would rate President Obama a 9 and that is because he has been the only president who showed so much interest into protecting the environment. He made environmelat issues priority to this country. On the other hand, there is a huge difference between both presidents. It is clear what president had more interest of making the planet better and who was more focused on

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