Green Groups Herald New Era Under Obama

摘要

Environmental groups are cheering the election of Barack Obama and an end to an era they view as less than friendly to the environment. "The Bush administration has done a lot of damage to our nation's environmental protections over the past eight years," says Mike Daulton, National Audubon Society's legislative director. Looking ahead, environmentalists' priorities include securing passage of global warming legislation, limiting offshore oil drilling and reversing changes to the Endangered Species Act. Other environmental goals dovetail with those that construction groups support, such as reauthorizing Clean Water State Revolving Funds and boosting spending on water infrastructure.