Michael Hartnett on the Environment

By Michael Hartnett

• Lifetime member of Sierra Club
• Volunteered on for local issues and candidates in favor of protecting open space and the environment
• Whether it is curbing urban sprawl or protecting the public from illness-producing pollutants, I will be there fighting for you.

• Lifetime member of Sierra Club
• Marin County native
• Volunteered on for local issues and candidates in favor of protecting open space and the environment
• Whether it is curbing urban sprawl or protecting the public from illness-producing pollutants, I will be there fighting for you.

1. It is cheaper not to make a mess than to clean it up.

2. Urban sprawl costs more in services than the increase in tax base.

Environmental Platform:

1. Severe penalties for polluters
2. Increase $$$ to purchase land in critical habitat areas
3. Increase $$$ to purchase development rights to farmland on urban edges
4. No offshore oil drilling on California Coast
5. Plant 3 Million new trees a year
6. Reduce production of greenhouse gases
7. Incentives to convert to organic farming
8. Ban clear cutting in forests
9. Increase fuel efficiency standards
10. Oppose desalination projects