I started out as a Democrat.

We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.

Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

I believe strongly that we need to get beyond rhetoric, beyond industry and environmentalists fighting with each other, and seriously solve problems.