Presidential Contenders' Environmental Policies Aired

Abstract

As we move into the middle stretch of this year's Presidential campaign, drugs, jobs, education, and taxes seem to loom all important. But such quality-of-life issues as the environment eventually rear their heads. The last round of the nominating contests took place last week. For Republican George H. W. Bush, who already has enough delegates to be his party's nominee, the contests were superfluous. For Democratic contender Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, winning the bulk of delegates in contests in four states made him the Democratic flag-bearer. For Jesse L. Jackson, the additional delegates he won gave him more clout as a kingmaker at the July Democratic Presidential convention. Of these four states, California and New Jersey together have 423 delegates. Nearly a third of California voters are staunchly committed, single-issue environmentalists. New Jersey's notorious hazardous waste problem has seared environmental issues into the consciousness of its voters. In the final stretch of a ...