Steve talks with Bruce Babbit, the president of the League of Conservation Voters about the Democratic presidential candidates and the challenges of pushing an environmental agenda in an election dominated by the economy. Babbitt, the former governor of Arizona and a 1988 Democratic presidential contender, says environmentalists must present good environmental policy as good economic policy.
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