Hillary Clinton

Since joining the Senate, Senator Hillary Clinton has championed the environmental interests of New Yorkers and the nation. In a climate that is less than congenial, she has worked tirelessly to protect our air, water and open space.

Highlights of her first term include:

• In January 2006, introduced the Advanced Research Projects Energy Act to create new programs in the U.S. Department of Energy to focus on ways to reduce dependence on petroleum.
• In July 2005, introduced Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act that would expand bio monitoring work already underway to determine which chemicals are accumulating in our bodies and to creates a network to link disease registries to pollution information databases.
• Secured Senate passage of a bill that funds watershed protection measures to protect New York City's water Supply in 2004.
• Introduced the Great Lakes Legacy Act and the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Act to implement the restoration and protection strategies in the Great Lakes Region.

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