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National Leadership on Responsible Environmental Policy
California is world-renowned for its undisputed natural beauty. California is the original steward of environmental protection, and I support the responsible use of natural resources and the preservation of California’s environment for future generations. In the long term, a healthy economy depends upon our respect for the environment. California should continue to create and implement reasonable environmental policies that maintain clean air and water, healthy forests and oceans, and abundant wildlife.
I encourage the development and construction of abundant domestic energy sources that are less expensive and cleaner than petrofuels, and that will decrease America’s dependence on foreign nations. I support an environmental regulatory system that preserves private property rights, recognizes and preserves traditional uses of natural resources to support local economies, encourages private sector competition and innovation for job creation, and promotes sound land use policies without driving out local business or recklessly seeking to enlarge public land holdings. I support a “cap and trade” system for regulating emissions through a market-based system.
