Interesting interview from Grist Magazine by way of Alternet.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17567<edit>
Kucinich's answer is a resounding "no." In fact, he said, the theories of sustainability that we associate with environmentalism are the defining principles of his entire political strategy – not to mention his personal life. In the following interview, Kucinich pledges to increase America's reliance on renewable energy sources to a whopping 20 percent by 2010 and reveals insights into his veganism, his car, and his favorite environmental visionaries.
Let's start with a general response to President Bush's environmental policies so far. Kucinich: I'll start by saying that
I will have an Environmental Protection Agency.
So the implication is that Bush doesn't have one at all?
The implication is that the EPA under Bush stands for Every Polluter's Ally. The air and the water and the land are viewed by this administration as just another commodity to be used for private profit. We have to be about what one writer called "the great work" of restoring our air and our water and our land. to look at it as the common property of all humanity – as the commonwealth, rather, of all humanity. And so my candidacy arises from a philosophy of interdependence and interconnection which respects the environment as a precondition for our survival.
Is this philosophy of interconnection at the root of your progressive platform? You are known as the progressive Democratic candidate. Can you elaborate on what makes you more environmentally progressive than other candidates?
I'm not tied to any corporate interests that would strip our forests, that would pollute our air or water. Throughout my career, I have worked for structures of law that protect the environment, and the principles that animate my campaign are principles of sustainability. The principles that animate my life are principles of sustainability.
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