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Candidates' Positions and Views |
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for:
United States Senator, Pennsylvania |
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April 24, 2012 Pennsylvania Democratic Primary |
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Candidates positions and views on other Issues where information is available: |
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The report below lists the candidate responses to Environment issue questions. The responses were provided by Joseph John Vodvarka and Bob Casey, Jr. or were obtained from their websites. The candidates select the issues and questions for which they want to provide a response. The first link is a report of all the issues and questions made available to the candidates. Many issues and questions had no responses - links are only provided where we have information. If there are many candidates for this office, you may have to scroll down to compare all responses. |
| Environment |
Joseph John Vodvarka - D
Website
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Bob Casey, Jr. - D
Website
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| Environment, a General Statement |
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Returning to the Principle of "Polluter Pays"
Bob Casey supports reinstating the "polluter pays" principle for the clean up of toxic Superfund sites. Funded by a fee imposed on polluters, the Superfund program has cleaned up hundreds of toxic waste sites around the country. But this fee has expired, and the Republicans in Congress have refused to reinstate it. Without this polluter fee, taxpayers will have to pay the cost of clean-ups.
Bob Casey also opposes efforts in Congress to pass a liability waiver for pollution caused by the gasoline additive MTBE. This legislation would shield big oil companies from having to pay the costs of cleaning up the groundwater that MTBE contaminated across the country.
Protecting Open Space
Pennsylvania is losing too much open space. Bob Casey supports changes in the federal tax code to encourage more conservation and preservation of open space and our natural resources. Bob Casey opposes efforts to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Reducing Sprawl
Sprawl is threatening to swallow up our open spaces, disrupt our natural environment, and degrade our quality of life. The most obvious byproduct of sprawl is the headache that more and more Pennsylvanians get from wasting too much time in traffic. And not only does excessive traffic represent an annoyance, keeping people away from their families, it should also be a signal that sprawl is becoming a serious environmental threat.
To combat sprawl, Bob Casey supports smart investments in community rehabilitation, re-use of existing infrastructure in developed regions, and redevelopment of abandoned industrial "brownfield" sites.
Source: Candidate Website (10/07/2006) |
| ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) Oil Drilling |
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Pennsylvania is losing too much open space. Bob Casey supports changes in the federal tax code to encourage more conservation and preservation of open space and our natural resources.
Source: Candidate Website (10/07/2006) |
| Toxic Waste |
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Bob Casey supports reinstating the "polluter pays" principle for the clean up of toxic Superfund sites. Funded by a fee imposed on polluters, the Superfund program has cleaned up hundreds of toxic waste sites around the country. But this fee has expired, and the Republicans in Congress have refused to reinstate it. Without this polluter fee, taxpayers will have to pay the cost of clean-ups.
Bob Casey also opposes efforts in Congress to pass a liability waiver for pollution caused by the gasoline additive MTBE. This legislation would shield big oil companies from having to pay the costs of cleaning up the groundwater that MTBE contaminated across the country.
Source: Candidate Website (10/07/2006) |
| Land, Rivers and Lakes |
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Pennsylvania is losing too much open space. Bob Casey supports changes in the federal tax code to encourage more conservation and preservation of open space and our natural resources.
Source: Candidate Website (10/07/2006) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Global Warming, Climate Change |
| Environmental Regulation |
| Clean Air Act & Clear Skies Initiative |
| Clean Air Technologies |
| Carbon Tax |
| Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits |
| Developing World Greenhouse Emissions |
| Developing World and Climate Change |
| Environment Technology for Developing World |
| Tropical Deforestation |
| Cap-and-Trade System to Reduce Carbon Emissions |
| Free Market Incentives |
| Power Plant Emissions |
| Higher Gasoline Tax |
| Kyoto Protocol |
| U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
| Clean Water Act and Water Quality |
| Clean Drinking Water |
| Polluter-Pays Superfund Fees |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| Interior Department |
| National Parks |
| National Forests and Healthy Forests Initiative |
| National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act |
| Factory Farms |
| Oceans |
| Tropical Rainforests |
| Wetlands |
| Invasive Species |
| Endangered Species |
| Cruelty to Animals |
| Recycling and Trash |