[birdky] Re: Songbird Conservation Award

Roseanna,

That's a "nice" list. Anyone know someone at the KY Dept of Fish and =
Wildlife they could forward this to? ;->

jeanne

Jeanne Hibberd
Foundations & Capital Projects
Berea College
859.985.3004
www.Berea.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Roseanna [mailto:roseanna@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:14 PM
To: BirdKY
Subject: [birdky] Re: Songbird Conservation Award


Senator McConnell's voting record (taken from the Sierra Club's website) =
is pasted below.

~Roseanna Denton~

roseanna@xxxxxxxxxxx
Pulaski Co., KY    =20

    He voted to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil =
exploration, even though it is an insignificant addition to our energy =
supplies.
.           He voted against raising corporate fuel efficiency =
standards, the single most effective way to reduce green house gasses =
and air pollution while protecting our energy supply.

.           He voted in favor of giving Bush broad powers to override =
agricultural regulations.

.           He voted to remove funding from three key agricultural =
conservation programs for fiscal year 2002: the Wetlands Reserve =
Program, Farmland Protection Program and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives =
Program.

.           He voted to remove Endangered Species Act protections for =
Coho Salmon and lake fish in the Klamath Basin in California.

.           He voted to allow oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico along =
Florida's west coast.

.           He voted against a rule that prevents Bush from allowing the =
extraction of coal, oil and gas from National Monuments (protected =
land). Bush is advocating such action.

.           Not only did he vote against campaign finance reform, he is =
the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to overturn McCain-Feingold reforms. =20

Before all this he voted to:

.           weaken citizen right to know on toxic waste releases,

.           roll back clean water standards and drinking water =
guidelines,

.           cut funding for EPA enforcement of environmental laws,

.           prohibit enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act unless =
the Federal Government paid all the costs,

.           allow states to reject Federal Safe drinking water =
standards,

.           tie up all pollution regulations in misleading and =
inaccurate economic analysis,

.           weaken wetlands protections,

.           stop the listing of new endangered species and remove =
funding from endangered species programs,

.           allow clear cutting of forests in the name of forest health,

.           allow mining and logging in designated wilderness,

.           sell off the country's natural resources to balance the =
budget,

.            continue to give away federally owned minerals under the =
1872 Mining Law,

.           prevent reasonable grazing reforms. =20

He has been a strong supporter in the safe disposal of the chemical =
weapons stored at the Bluegrass Army Depot.=20

He has given strong support to the cleanup of the Paducah Gaseous =
Diffusion Plant. He was responsible for legislation creating Kentucky's =
only Wildlife Refuge, setting aside 20,000 acres on the Clarks Fork =
River.=20

He has sponsored legislation to add Fern Lake to the Cumberland Gap =
National Historic Park, protecting Middlesborough's water supply.=20

And he sponsored bear protection to prevent the poaching of bears and =
stem the trade in bear parts.


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