10 Republicans from another era who helped the environment
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George Bush
No. Not that George Bush. (It's all relative.) President George H.W. Bush — “41” in family parlance — oversaw a partial revival in environmental protection after years of neglect during the Reagan administration. The Clean Air Act was strengthened immensely under his watch, leading both to a cleanup of acid rain and a reduction in smog.
The difference between father and son could not be clearer — especially when environmental advocates were forced to sue the administration of George W. Bush over his failure to enforce the very laws that were among his father’s finest achievements.
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