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Positions and Views on Other Issues where Information is Available: |
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| Environment |
Positions and Views |
| Environment, a General Statement |
Biden: We should not have to worry that a grandfather taking his grandchild to a favorite fishing hole is exposing her to dioxin contamination; or that when students turn on a faucet at school, they swallow arsenic; or that acid rain is showering us – especially when corporate responsibility could prevent it.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/01/2007 |
| Global Warming, Climate Change |
Biden: Addressing Climate Change: Senator Biden is continuing his strong environmental record by co-sponsoring the most aggressive bill in the Senate to reverse global warming – the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act. The Act would implement aggressive policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions and help avert the major problems warming of our planet could cause – such as altering growing seasons; redistributing natural resources; and lifting sea levels.
Leading The World: Global warming requires a global solution. As Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Biden has made returning the US to a leadership role in international climate treaty negotiations a top priority. He co-authored a bipartisan resolution directing the President to return to international negotiations and reclaim a leadership role for the United States in the fight against global warming.
Climate change poses a similar security threat. The Center for Naval Analysis recently concluded that we are only beginning to understand the threat that climate change poses. If temperatures rise 3-5 degrees, oceans could rise nearly 3 feet. By one estimate, 200 million people could be permanently displaced. Droughts and changes in resources in other parts of the world can also lead to conflict. Joe Biden would establish a comprehensive Energy and Climate Change Security Plan to transform the nation into a world leader on energy and climate change by: 1. Establishing A Responsible Policy Toward Iran 2. Restoring US Leadership On Climate Change 3. Increasing Fuel Efficiency and Use of Renewable Fuels 4. Investing In New Energy Technology 5. Expanding Renewable Energy 6. Requiring the Federal Government To Use Energy More Efficiently 7. Encouraging Americans to Use Energy Efficiently 8. Creating Green Jobs in the Technology of Tomorrow.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues/;www.joebiden.com Date: 04/22/2008 |
| Clean Air Technologies |
Biden: No Response |
| Carbon Tax |
Biden: No Response |
| Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits |
Biden: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 by imposing a cap and trade system.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 11/30/2007 |
| Developing World Greenhouse Emissions |
Biden: No Response |
| Developing World and Climate Change |
Biden: No Response |
| Environment Technology for Developing World |
Biden: No Response |
| Tropical Deforestation |
Biden: Senator Biden co-authored the plan that provides debt relief to developing nations in exchange for protecting tropical rainforests that are critical to the global climate.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/22/2008 |
| Cap-and-Trade System to Reduce Carbon Emissions |
Biden: No Response |
| Free Market Incentives |
Biden: No Response |
| Power Plant Emissions |
Biden: Joe Biden wants tougher standards for power plant emissions. He supports the Clean Power Act which would require power plants to achieve specific reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and mercury. Joe Biden has opposed and will continue to fight attempts to roll back environmental safeguards and threaten the quality of our air and water. He fought the Administration’s plan to gut the New Source Review standards by allowing power plants to avoid their obligations to install modern pollution controls. Joe Biden also supports limiting exports of mercury to stop the harmful pollution of our oceans with mercury.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/10/2007 |
| Higher Gasoline Tax |
Biden: No Response |
| Kyoto Protocol |
Biden: No Response |
| U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
Biden: No Response |
| Clear Skies Initiative and Clean Air Acts |
Biden: Senator Biden has opposed those determined to roll back environmental safeguards and threaten the quality of our air.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/22/2008 |
| Clean Water Act and Water Quality |
Biden: Senator Biden has opposed those determined to roll back environmental safeguards and threaten the quality of water. He fought the Administration’s plan to gut the New Source Review standards by allowing power plants to avoid their obligations to install modern pollution controls.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/22/2008 |
| Clean Drinking Water |
Biden: No Response |
| Toxic Waste |
Biden: No Response |
| Polluter-Pays Superfund Fees |
Biden: Senator Biden has been an ardent supporter of efforts to reinstate the Superfund fees so that polluters pay for the cleanup of toxic sites, not taxpayers. Restoring these funds will speed up clean-ups.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/22/2008 |
| Oil Drilling in ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) |
Biden: For many years, Senator Biden has co-sponsored legislation to permanently protect from oil and gas drilling one of the world’s last great wilderness areas – the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The uncertain oil recovery does not justify the risk of potentially great harm to this rich environment.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/22/2008 |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
Biden: No Response |
| Interior Department |
Biden: No Response |
| National Parks |
Biden: Senator Biden has been at the forefront of successful efforts to:
• Secure White Clay Creek for future generations as a federally-protected Wild & Scenic River.
• Transfer from the U.S. military nearly 1,200 acres of the most beautiful beach on the east coast to Cape Henlopen State Park.
• Protect Pea Patch Island and Fort Delaware from devastating coastal erosion.
• Control flooding long the Little Mill Creek in Elsmere.
• Designating the first federal scenic byways route in Delaware, Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/22/2008 |
| National Forests and Healthy Forests Initiative |
Biden: No Response |
| National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act |
Biden: No Response |
| Land, Rivers and Lakes |
Biden: No Response |
| Factory Farms |
Biden: No Response |
| Oceans |
Biden: No Response |
| Tropical Rainforests |
Biden: Recognizing the global nature of the climate change crisis, Joe Biden wrote a plan that provides debt relief to developing nations in exchange for protecting tropical rainforests that are critical to the global climate.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/01/2007 |
| Wetlands |
Biden: No Response |
| Invasive Species |
Biden: Senator Biden has been a strong support of efforts to combat the problem of invasive species – plants and animals improperly brought to U.S. shores. Senator Biden feels that non-native species have the potential to be one of the largest economic and environmental threats in the 21st century. Non-native species alter vegetation, compete with native species, introduce new diseases and interfere with maritime commerce. Conscious of these dangers, Senator Biden continues to support programs aimed at preventing the importation of non-native plants and animals to the United States.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/21/2008 |
| Endangered Species |
Biden: No Response |
| Cruelty to Animals |
Biden: No Response |
| Recycling and Trash |
Biden: No Response |