Campaign 2000 News

The most recent stories are on a new page. Since campaign coverage is finally picking up we will shortly be moving all of it to the new Green Campaign 2000 Press Coverage page.

June 26, 2000, Greens Nominate Nader for a Serious Run, Washington Post by William Booth, staff writer (page A06).

DENVER, June 25 – Consumer advocate Ralph Nader won the Green Party's presidential nomination today, and he and his supporters vowed to challenge what they decry as the corrupting influence of giant corporations in American life and politics

June 25, 2000, Buchanon, Nader seek ballot spots, Chicago Sun-Times, by Lynn Sweet, Sun-Times Washington Bureau

Illinois laws written by Democrats and Republicans, aimed against third-party candidates, require 25,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot  . . .

June 24–25, Green Convention Coverage on C-Span's website.

June 2000, The Political Environment: June's issue of Conscious Choice includes two especially relevant articles to Campaign 2000—there is also a short pros and cons piece on cumulative voting in this issue.

Gore in the Balance by Mark Hertsgaard [author of the incredible Earth Odyssey: in Search of Our Environmental Future]

The environment should be a winning electoral issue for Al Gore, so why has he said so little about it -- thus far -- during his run for president?

And Why Not Nader for President? by Dan Hamburg [Green Party candidate for governor of California in 1998 and executive director of Voices of the Environment].

We've reached a point ie history of our species and our planet when the only practical solution may be the radical solution. That's why I'm going to work hard for and cast my votes for Ralph Nader, candidate of the Green Party in the 2000 presidential primaries and general election.

Back issues of Conscious Choice include featured issues on Sprawl, Organic Foods, Biodiversity and Simple Living.

June 2, 2000, For Ralph Nader And The Green Party, Texas Ballot A Solid Foundation To Build On
Common Dreams News Wire, source: press release from The Green Party of Texas

AUSTIN, TX - May 29 - The Green Party and their presidential candidate Ralph Nader have staked their claim in Texas. Laying a cornerstone for their national campaign, Mr. Nader and the progressive party he’s helping to build have earned a ballot line in Texas with a grassroots drive that in 75 days produced more than 60,000 petition signatures of registered voters who had not voted in this year’s primaries. . .

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June 1, 2000, Nader seeks to rally youth with presidential bid,
Chicago Sun-Times, by Scott Fornek, Political Reporter

Ralph Nader might seem like a product of the 1960s and '70s, but the third party presidential candidate said Wednesday he is not worried that a younger generation does not know who he is. . . .

June 1, 2000, The issues take center stage in Nader campaign.
Boston Globe, by Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff

NEW HAVEN - It was as close to a photo-op as Ralph Nader was going to get . . . Did Nader, who is running for president on the Green Party ticket, stop to wave to his fans or to shake a few potential converts' hands? . . . No, No, and absolutely not. . .This is, of course, no way to win the White House. But . . . Nader has other goals: Building up a new progressive party and making mainstream Democrats squirm. . . .

For more on Nader and Campaign 2000 check the News Links at the Vote Nader website:
http://www.votenader.org/newslinks.html

Local News

June 21, 2000, Accountability needed Refinery officials must be held responsible for recurring mishaps, Daily Southtown, Opinions/Letters section.

An oil refinery on the border of Blue Island last Friday released into the air some 22.7 tons of a compound used in its manufacturing process. .   . The Premcor plant was formerly known as the Clark Oil refinery until a corporate name change last month. . . .Residents are rightly disturbed that the material released June 12 and 16 is the same compound that the Clark refinery spewed into the air in 1994, sending 48 Eisenhower High School students to hospitals. In the 1994 incident, the emission included low levels of metal as well.

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