Four More Years

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Election time is right around the corner. Do you know who you're votin for? What's that? Obama? Of course you are! Check out a couple of the environmental strides President Obama has done for the environmental movement so far;

• Nearly doubling renewable energy usage while our dependance on nasty foreign oil is at a 16 year low!


• Investing in over 15,000 clean energy projects which supported nearly 225,000 clean energy jobs .


• By 2035, Obama proposed that America gets at least 80% of its electricity from CLEAN energy and not dirty coal and/or oil which are horrible for the environment.
• Proposed the first ever carbon pollution standard for diry coal plants which is the leading cause of air pollution from the CO2 it emits daily cause greenhouse gases to pollute the environment and contribute to global warming. Whew! That was a mouth full.
• Signed one of the largest wilderness protections which set aside more than 2 million acres as protected wilderness.
• Investments which contribute approximately $427 million and 3,200 jobs in restoring ecosystems such as Everglades, Great Lakes, and Chesapeake Bay.
• Helped restore more than 5,200 acres of coastal habitat and protect more than 54,000 acres of coastal areas
• National Clean Water Framework which helps ensure the integrity of the water we rely on.
• Established the first-ever national standards for toxic air pollution which will prevent up to 11,000 premature deaths, 4,700 heart attacks, and 130,000 cases of asthma symptoms each year.

Remember, Obama is not superman. He is not a dictator either. Therefore, everything he may want to happen, may not happen. Especially with a house full of Republicans who continiuously shoot down every clean energy attempt he proposes. These are a list of his achievement in the environmental movement so far. This says a lot more than what our previous presidents hav done for the environmental movement. Last year, Obama even directed $2 billion to developing solar power plants so that we can take our dependence off of dirty fossil fuels and focus more on using energy from our most natural energy source, the sun. After all, plants do it and they are getting along pretty well if you ask me. And Obama is no hypocrite either. He set a carbon reduction target for the government itself to reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 28% by the year 2020.