United States Divided on Earth Day 2004

Environment News Service, April, 2004 by staff

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — Earth Day in a Presidential election year is a polarized Earth Day in the United States, with the Bush administration and the Democratic challenger each claiming the best environmental stewardship program.

President George W. Bush celebrated Earth Day in Wells, Maine, where he visited with volunteers helping protect a wetland.

Figures released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that, for the first time, the United States has reversed the annual net loss of wetlands on farms. The United States was losing almost 500,000 acres of wetlands per year 30 years ago, but today, that loss is down. Overall, agriculture officials said, "we are nearing" the national goal of "no net loss" of wetlands reaffirmed by the President in 2002.

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