SIERRA CLUB CALLS ON BUSH TO UNITE AMERICANS BY PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT

SIERRA CLUB CALLS ON BUSH TO UNITE AMERICANS BY PROTECTING

ENVIRONMENT



Washington, D.C. -- In advertisements running today in several

national newspapers, the Sierra Club called on President-elect

George W. Bush to rise above partisan politics and to act as

"chief steward of America's environment to protect our air, water

and wild lands and wildlife."



"The overwhelming majority of Americans agree that we need to

protect our environment," said Carl Pope, the Sierra Club's

executive director.  "We're calling on President-elect Bush to

recognize this mandate and to deliver on his promise to unite

Americans around the shared value we all place on protecting our

air, water and wild places."



Specifically, the Sierra Club ad asks Bush to: - Rid the air of

dangerous soot and smog; - Clean-up toxic waste and other

pollution that threatens our drinking water; - Protect pristine

wild places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Sequoia

National Monument and the still-untouched areas our National

Forests; - Pull the grizzly bear and salmon back from the brink

of extinction; - Act quickly to curb global warming; - Ensure the

environment is protected in an increasingly globalized economy;

and - Restore faith in democracy by enacting campaign finance

reform that makes it harder for polluters to influence policy and

politicians.



"President-elect Bush can shape an environmental agenda that

gives Americans what we want -- clean air to breathe, pure water

to drink and wild lands to explore and enjoy," Pope added.  "The

Sierra Club will trumpet every act of environmental courage by

President-elect Bush, and we will lay out for judgement every

sideways glance at a campaign donor."



The advertisement is slated to run in The New York Times, The

Washington Post, the Austin-American Statesman, Roll Call and the

Weekly Standard.



Text of the advertisement follows below:



President-Elect Bush: As a politician, you will be judged by the

voters in four years.  As a President, you will be judged by

generations to come. That's why we're asking you to rise above

partisan politics and work as President -- as the chief steward

of America's environment -- to protect our air and water, wild

lands and wildlife.



As President, you will decide what is in the air we breathe and

the water our children drink.  Work with us to protect our

families from poisons and pollution.  Help us rid the air of

dangerous and asthma-triggering soot and smog. Together, let us

rid our water of health-threatening arsenic and mercury and clean

up the toxic waste that's put too many communities across America

at risk.



As President, you will shape the land we leave behind. Understand

that all Americans share a love of our landscape. Unite us in an

effort to stop the development of our still-wild places -- places

like the untouched areas of out National Forests, the Arctic

National Wildlife Refuge and the Everglades.  And recognize, as

Americans, that we have welcomed and rejoiced in the protection

of our most beautiful places as parks and monuments, including

the newly-named Grand-Canyon Parashant and Sequoia National

Monuments.  We urge you to honor and increase our legacy of

protected wild lands.



Right now, we stand at a pivotal moment in our natural history. 

Over the next four years, you will have the opportunity to pull

the salmon and grizzly bear back from the brink of extinction,

help dissolve the dark shadow global warming casts over our

children's future, ensure the environment is protected in our

increasingly globalized economy, and restore faith in our

democracy by enacting campaign finance reform that makes it

harder for polluters to influence policy and politicians.  We

look to you for leadership.



During your campaign, you said, "I know our prosperity will mean

little if we leave future generations a world of polluted air,

toxic waste and vanished wilderness and forests."  We agree.  And

we ask you to act on this promise to protect our nation's health

and beauty, for our families, for our future.



Paid for by the Sierra Club.



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