George H.W. Bush’s 1988 Environmental Speech
After becoming the 41st President he appointed the first environmentalist, William Reilly ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_K._Reilly ), to head the EPA.
However, in 1992 he refused to sign the international biodiversity treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Biological_Diversity and a climate change treaty, on limiting global carbon dioxide emissions.
- CSPAN AUGUST 31, 1988 Bush Campaign Speech https://www.c-span.org/video/?4248-1/bush-campaign-speech
- Environmental policy of the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_policy_of_the_United_States#The_George_H._W._Bush_Administration_.281989.E2.80.931993.29
- A CLOSER LOOK; Ecology, the Economy and Bush (1992 The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/14/weekinreview/a-closer-look-ecology-the-economy-and-bush.html
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