Comparison Of Environmental Policies Of President Bill Clinton

During President George W. Bush’s tenure in the years 2001 - 2004 and his re-election for the years 2004 - 2008, he strongly advocated for environmental conservation. He fought nail and tooth to ensure that the natural resources are conserved, the rate of pollution reduced and highly encouraged “cooperative conservation, innovation, and new technologies” (Shafie 77). He advocated for natural resource conservation by putting policies in place that will serve to protect the natural resources. For instance, in ensuring that no air is polluted, he gave out orders and restrictions on industrial pollutants that would serve to pollute the air, on forestation; he gave orders on elimination of the dry and dead trees as a way of preventing forest
His campaign was to maintain a green environment and to protect natural resources. According to the League of Conservation Voters, “Bill Clinton’s environmental record in office is one of the best for any presidency” (Florino 89). However, many environmentalists do not support the claim. Despite that, he can be commended for his achievements during his presidency. One of the ways in which he was able to implement his policy was by appointing an agency, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to oversee environmental issues and fight to conserve the natural resources (Florino 68). This paper will look into the environmental policies of the two presidents, look at what they were able to achieve, and their failures, and through that evaluate who between the two presidents did the best job for the environment and some of the lessons we can learn from
Even though he can be remembered as an environmentalist whose main agenda during his tenure was to protect the environment and preserve it for the future generations, he also had his failures. For example, he failed to the levels of carbon dioxide that is a key player in global warming. He is also said to have blocked the agency concerned with revealing and communicating on matters of climate change (Daynes and Sussman).
President Bill Clinton can be remembered for his great concerns over environmental conservations. He appointed trustworthy environmentalists to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Whose goal was to oversee environmental conservation policy implementation? He allocated the good amount of funds in protecting the wildlife and the national parks. He also gave an executive order on preserving land by avoiding infrastructure construction, for instance the Tongass forest in Alaska (Florino