Amendment: Chapter 3, paragraph 2

Proposed Amendment to Chapter 3: Ecological Sustainability, Introduction, Paragraph 2

struck text is to be struck. italic text is to be added.



Our houses and buildings, manufacturing processes, and industrial agriculture were all modern infrastructure was designed with the assumption of presuming an endless supply of cheap and readily available fossil fuels, Pollution and despoiling the land and the concequences were not part of the thinking concidered. The Green Party, however, is optimistic about the alternatives that now exist and that could be encouraged through tax policy and the market incentives of fuel efficiency. [new paragraph] We also challenge the grip of the oil, automotive, and automobile insurance industries that have managed to block or roll back progress in public mass transit. The gutting of subsidies for the railroads has meant not only fewer passenger routes but also the addition of thousands of large freight trucks on our highways, decreasing public safety and increasing pollution. [new paragraph] We are committed to extending the greening of waste management by encouraging the spread of such practices as reduce, return, reuse, and recycle, as well as cradle-to-cradle planning. We strongly oppose the recent any attempts to roll back the federal environmental protection laws that safeguard our air, water, and soil.