Do Environmental Policies Work?

President Jimmy Carter was the most environmentally minded presidents. During his presidency, he created the Department of Energy, and pushed for the passages of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Act, the Soil and Water Conservation Act, The Antarctic Conservation Act, and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. These acts may have raised taxes but there purpose was to help the US become an independent nation. President Carter stated in his Crisis of Confidence speech, “Every gallon of oil each one of us saves is a new form of production. It gives us more freedom, more confidence, that much more control over our own lives.” President Carter is credited with reducing the national deficit at that time by $4,328,272,827. This chart is here to show that an environmentally-minded, balanced budget is very possible. 

(Please note that these are all changes in deficit or money owed)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/barack-obama-green-policies-environment_n_1234728.html

http://www.kondex.com/environmentally-focused.html