Former Secretary of Labor; Democratic Challenger MA Governor
Supports Smart Growth and protecting open space
Open space is a high priority. I will encourage communities to participate in the Community Preservation Act, to protect open space. I strongly support the Environmental Bond Bill -- essential to protect and restore rivers, streams, lakes, and water
supplies, as well as habitats and open spaces across the Commonwealth. And I will reauthorize the major open space accounts at a level that allows managers to plan and allocate resources over the longer term. I’ll extend the Self-Help and Urban Self-Help
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, May 2, 2002
World environmental agency should impose emissions rules
Rather than try to weaken international institutions, progressives should push them in a different direction. We need a World Bank that coordinates real debt relief for third-world nations;
an IMF that conditions loans on investments in education and strong social safety nets rather than on fiscal austerity;
a global patent office that forces drug manufacturers to slash prices on pharmaceuticals needed by poor nations; a global health institution capable of attacking AIDS and cracking down on the trafficking of women and children for prostitution;
a world environmental agency that imposes strict emissions rules; and an international peacekeeping force that responds immediately to tribal genocide.
