US Environment in the Future

Basically, John McCain and Barack Obama are stating the same thing in terms of environmental policies. However, McCain's policies seemed more persuasive and specific. Although one of Obama's policies says "Reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80 Percent by 2050," he does not clearly state exact numbers or how they are going to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions like McCain does in his website. McCain's plans sound more realistic and persuasive from an objective point of view. Both candidates certainly take environmental problems seriously, but they do not seem to take them as crisis. McCain relies on new technology and economic growth to improve the global environment. For instance, one of his policies says "John McCain Will Foster Rapid and Clean Economic Growth" to help the global environment. That is exactly how market liberals think, because market liberals regard poverty and weak economic growth as causes of the environmental problems. On the other hand, Obama puts an emphasis on human welfare by mentioning tax and price cuts. Also, he tries to creat new jobs for those who are unemployed. This Obama's way of approaching the environmental problems is like institutionalists.