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[Skwmom]

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During his decade in office, Governor Dean helped protect more land from development than all previous governors combined - wasn't he governor for five terms or something. How much total land did he protect compared to the prior governors, how much land is protected vs development? This is a vague statement which disproves nothing.

he administered a “best practices” agriculture plan that preserves land and water quality; -- Stats, how much did the land and water improve, etc? Bush passed a "clean air act" which actually makes the air dirtier. I'm not saying thats the case here but a title of a plan doesn't mean much.

he helped form the nation’s first statewide energy efficiency utility (preventing more than one million tons of greenhouse gas emissions since 2000); and he championed a commuter rail system to lower traffic congestion and pollution while diminishing urban sprawl (in its last report on sprawl, the Sierra Club ranked Vermont as the second best state in America for land use planning). These sound good but are only one part of protecting the environment.

Finally, there seems to be more than one person who has spoken out against Deans environmental record. A more detailed analysis rather than a mere letter to the editor would be nice.