Protection of Tennessee's Forests and Waterways:
The waters and forests of Tennessee are national treasures which have been abused by industrial pollution, mountain top strip mining, clear cutting, coal mining, industrial farming, urban expansion, air pollution and nuclear production. Our forests and waterways are the lungs and lifeblood of our earth. Without them we cannot live.
I will work to do everything I can at the federal level to protect our forests and waters in Tennessee, end pollution of our waterways, stop mountaintop strip mining, stop clearcutting of our forests and support species recovery, forest recovery and de-industrialization of our natural areas.
