Clinton's Environment Scorecard

The story of how Interior Secretary Bruce Babitt helped encourage President Clinton's environmental legacy.

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January 19, 2001, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Near the end of President Clinton's first term in office, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt presented him with a kind of environmental scorecard.[I]n drawing up that scorecard, Mr. Babbitt also served up a challenge.Opposite the side reserved for Mr. Clinton he had pointedly listed theaccomplishments of another American president, Theodore Roosevelt,remembered by historians as perhaps the greatest conservationist inAmerican history."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: The Environment: How an Interior Secretary Helped to Encourage a Presidential 'Legacy'

Friday, January 19, 2001 in The New York Times

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