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Ron Wyden (OR-Sen) Press Release
Katie McGinty (PA-Sen) Press Release
Patrick Leahy (VT-Sen) Press Release
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Jared Huffman (CA-2) Press Release
Ami Bera (CA-7) Press Release
Jerry McNerney (CA-9) Press Release
Michael Eggman (CA-10)
Julia Brownley (CA-26) Press Release
Pete Aguilar (CA-31) Press Release
Grace Napolitano (CA-32) Press Release
Linda Sánchez (CA-38) Press Release
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) Press Release
Nanette Barragan (CA-44) Press Release
Scott Peters (CA-52) Press Release
Morgan Carroll (CO-06) Press Release
Frederica Wilson (FL-24) Press Release
Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) Press Release
Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8) Press Release
Emily Cain (ME-2) Press Release
Lon Johnson (MI-1) Press Release
Paul Clements (MI-6) Press Release
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Angie Craig (MN-2) Press Release
Denise Juneau (MT) Press Release
Alma Adams (NC-12) Press Release
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) Press Release
Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) Press Release
Ruben Kihuen (NV-4) Press Release
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) Press Release
Pete Gallego (TX-23) Press Release
Donald McEachin (VA-4) Press Release
LuAnn Bennett (VA-10) Press Release
Derek Kilmer (WA-6) Press Release
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Hillary Clinton Press Release
Hillary Clinton's Environmental Record
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Eight House members had perfect scores: Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Woolsey (D-Calif.), Stark (D-Calif.), Honda (D-Calif.), Capps (D-Calif.), Polis (D-Col.), Quigley (D-Ill.), Markey (D-Mass.)
The current Ranking Minority Member of the Water and Power Subcommittee, Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) — with a 0% LCV score — opposes protecting the ecosystem and endangered species of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The former Chair of the committee, Don Young (R-AK) created the ESA Task Force chaired by Congressman Richard Pombo, leading to Pombo’s ultimately unsuccessful Extinction Bill. Other wildlife foes on the committee — each with an LCV score of 0-4% and on the wrong side of endangered species issues — include: Congressmen Paul Broun (R-GA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), John Fleming (R-LA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY).
Unfortunately, one of Pombo’s staunches allies — Congressman Steve Pearce (R-NM) — is back in his old seat. Last time around, Congressman Pearce went after the Mexican wolf reintroduction program, stating that nothing is more attractive to wolves than the sound of a crying baby. If he gets back on this committee, Congressman Pearce could once again make quite a team with the other wildlife foes, unrestrained by any moderate, pro-wildlife Republicans (none of whom currently serve on the committee).
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E&E foia videoconf with nrdc, lcv kerpinsky? and epa admin (gina?)
http://eelegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Final-8-1-13-release_Redactions-applied.pdf
09/01/2010 Time 01:15:00 PM to 02:00:00 PM Chair Gina McCarthy Invitees
Required Don Zinger; JNolen; John Hannon; Karl Simon; Lawrence Elworth; Lori Stewart; Margo Oge; PBillings Optional Amit Srivastava; Cate Hight; Cindy Huang; Gladys Bryant-Akers FYI Location Room 5415, American Lung Association - Paul Billings
NACAA Bill Becker and/or Nancy Kruger
Sierra Club Jesse Prentice Dunn
California Brian Turner
OPEI Kris Kiser James McNew and Bill Guerry
NMMA Mathew Dunn
From: Paul Billings To: "'Huang.Cindy@epamail.epa.gov'" <'Huang.Cindy@epamail.epa.go>'> Cc: Janice Nolen Date: 07/27/2010 08:09 AM Subject: Meeting Request with Gina McCarthy Good Morning On behalf of the diverse group of environmental, state and industry signers of this letter, we would like to request a meeting with Assistant Administrator McCarthy to discuss our concerns about potential misfueling of E15 if EPA grants a waiver such fuel. We would look to the weeks of August 16 or 23 for potential dates/times. Thank you Paul Billings Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 Phone: 202-785-3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 -452-1805 pbillings@lungusa.org
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2014 LCV Scores:
Sen. Ron Wyden, 80%
Sen. Jeff Merkley, 80%
Rep. Peter DeFazio, 100%
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, 94%
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, 97%
Rep. Kurt Schrader, 60%
Rep. Greg Walden, 3%
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a whirlwind week at LCV HQ. We recently received a “cease and desist” letter from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) threatening to sue us if we don’t stop calling them out for what they really are:a Koch brothers-funded group that’s trying to shred our nation’s environmental protections.
We’re not backing down — instead we’re doubling down on our efforts to strike back against ALEC by targeting their biggest corporate members — companies like Comcast, Pfizer, and FedEx.
It’s a strategy we’ve already seen work with major companies like Google and Microsoft
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alec slapp
“Common Cause’s statements concerning ALEC’s position and activities on climate change are statements of opinion, are neither false nor defamatory, and as such are not legally actionable,” saidCommon Cause’s attorney Vinita Ferrerain responding to ALEC’s attorneys. “For these reasons, Common Cause declines ALEC’s request to retract or alter any statements appearing on Common Cause’s website or in other Common Cause materials.”
“We don’t appreciate the attempt to silence LCV just because we disagree with ALEC’s positions,” LCV’s senior vice president for communications David Willett told the Washington Post. “Usually if someone wants to get serious about tackling climate change, they ask about working with us, they don’t threaten to sue us.”
The Washington Post pointed out that the increasing amount of negative publicity ALEC has gotten as it’s emerged in the past several years from the shadows where it preferred to reside seemed to have had an impact on the group.
“The legal spat is an escalation of the conflict andsuggests ALEC is feeling the heat of the activist groups’ efforts,” it said. “It also suggests a new risk to organizations that rely on the donations from companies that do not want to be associated with organizations accused of denying that human activity is warming the atmosphere at an alarming rate.”
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3/15
On Sunday, we launched LCV’s very own, first-ever Environmental March Madness, asking LCV members to vote for their (least) favorite low-scorers from our 2014 National Environmental Scorecard. And the results are in!After tallying your votes, we’re now down to the Final Four: Jim Inhofe (R-OK) vs. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the U.S. Senate, and Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
collin peterson 11% house
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Ed Markey Special Election 2013 (MA-Sen)Press Release
Brian Schatz (HI-Sen)Press Release
Cory Booker Special Election 2013 (NJ-Sen)Press Release
Jeff Merkley (OR-Sen)Press Release
Bruce Braley (IA-Sen)Press Release
Gary Peters (MI-Sen)Press Release
Kay Hagan (NC-Sen)Press Release
Mark Udall (CO-Sen)Press Release
Susan Collins (ME-Sen)Press Release
Cory Booker (NJ-Sen)Press Release
Michelle Nunn (GA-Sen)Press Release
Alex Sink Special Election 2014 (FL-13)Press Release
Mike Honda (CA-17)Press Release
Scott Peters (CA-52)Press Release
Emily Cain (ME-2)Press Release
Julia Brownley (CA-26)Press Release
Brad Schneider (IL-10)Press Release
Aimee Belgard (NJ-3)Press Release
Michael Eggman (CA-10)Press Release
Pete Aguilar (CA-31)Press Release
Martha Robertson (NY-23)Press Release
John Lewis (MT)Press Release
Ann Callis (IL-13)Press Release
Ruben Gallego (AZ-7)Press Release
Jerry Cannon (MI-1)Press Release
Pam Byrnes (MI-7)Press Release
Dan Kildee (MI-5)Press Release
Raul Ruiz (CA-36)Press Release
Gwen Graham (FL-2)Press Release
John Foust (VA-10)Press Release
Ami Bera (CA-7)Press Release
Dan Maffei (NY-24)Press Release
Pete Gallego (TX-23)Press Release
Tammy Duckworth (IL-8)Press Release
Pat Murphy (IA-1)Press Release
Staci Appel (IA-3)Press Release
Terry McAuliffe (VA-Gov)Press Release
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Martha Marks"has enjoyed a varied career. After teaching high school Spanish for five years, she returned to graduate school, earned a Ph.D. in Spanish literature and linguistics at Northwestern University and taught college for eleven years. In 1985, she left academia to write textbooks (6 published in all) and work as a free-lance language proficiency tester and trainer for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and many colleges, universities, and corporations.
"In 1990, a local land-use battle led Martha into politics. In 1992, she was elected to the Lake County (IL) Board and Forest Preserve Board on an avowedly pro-environment platform. The following year, she helped form the Lake County Conservation Alliance, an umbrella organization of grassroots groups trying to preserve the natural beauty and quality of life of their area. She was re-elected two times as a county commissioner and served for ten years until her (voluntary!) retirement in December 2002.
"In 1995, Martha was one of a handful of Republican environmentalists who set out to restore the GOP's conservation ethic by creatingRepublicans for Environmental Protection. She served on the Steering Committee in 1996; later that year she was elected president, an office that she held until November 2008, when she became Chairman of the Board. She was re-elected to REP's board in 1998, 2002 and 2006.
"Martha served on the Board of Directors of the nationalLeague of Conservation Votersfrom 2001 to 2007. In October 2002, she was honored with the "Council's Chair's Award" at a gala awards dinner of theNational Resources Council of America.
"Martha's diverse career has earned her recognition in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the Midwest, and Who's Who of American Women. She is also an accomplished wildlife photographer with her own "Martha's Art" web site. She and her husband live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Martha describes her hobbies as travel, photography and escaping into nature."[1]
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LCV has strong track record, esp on Dirty Doz campaign: inhofe and Blunt are significant anomalies. see hope/leverage
got 11 of 12, not benishek
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The League of Conservation Voters and the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund announced Monday that they are joining forces on a multimillion-dollar electoral effort.
The goal of the initiative, which they're calling LeadingGreen, is to drive $5 million in direct campaign contributions to pro-environment candidates in 2014.
The League of Conservation Voters has traditionally pointed donors to individual candidates that it is supporting through its GiveGreen program. LeadingGreen would expand on that program with the support of the NRDC Action Fund.
The league has already raised nearly $3 million for 16 Senate and House candidates in this year's election, according to the group's website. The biggest recipient of those funds so far is Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who has brought in just over $260,000 through GiveGreen. Overall, GiveGreen raised $2 million for candidates in 2012 and $1 million in 2010.
Among national environmental groups, the League of Conservation Voters is the biggest electoral spender, between the GiveGreen contributions and its own spending on behalf of candidates. In 2012, the group spent $14 million on independent electoral expenditures -- a significant increase from the $5.5 million it spent in 2010.
The NRDC Action Fund has also directed potential donors to candidates in previous elections. In 2012, the group's supporters gave $3.9 million directly to candidates.
The two groups said in a press release that their combined effort will "unite top donors and influencers at the intersection of policy and politics to maximize their policy engagement and political leverage on climate change." They also said they plan to organize donor summits to "develop a unified strategy heading into each election cycle."
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Ed Markey (MA-Sen) Press Release
Brian Schatz (HI-Sen) Press Release
Cory Booker (NJ-Sen) Press Release
Jeff Merkley (OR-Sen) Press Release
Terry McAuliffe (VA-Gov) Press Release
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2012
Barack Obama () Press Release
Tammy Baldwin (WI-Sen)
Shelley Berkley (NV-Sen)
Sherrod Brown (OH-Sen) Press Release
Maria Cantwell (WA-Sen)
Richard Carmona (AZ-Sen) Press Release
Bob Casey (PA-Sen) Press Release
Martin Heinrich (NM-Sen) Press Release
Mazie Hirono (HI-Sen) Press Release
Tim Kaine (VA-Sen)
Angus King (ME-Sen)
Chris Murphy (CT-Sen) Press Release
Bill Nelson (FL-Sen) Press Release
Christopher Shays (CT-Sen) Press Release Defeat
Jon Tester (MT-Sen)
Elizabeth Warren (MA-Sen) Press Release
Ron Barber (AZ-08)
Ami Bera (CA-07) Press Release
Tim Bishop (NY-01)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) Press Release
Julia Brownley (CA-26) Press Release
Lois Capps (CA-24) Press Release
Matt Cartwright (PA-17)
John Delaney (MD-06)
Suzan DelBene (WA-01) Press Release
Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) Press Release
Donna Edwards (MD-04) Press Release
Lois Frankel (FL-22)
Pete Gallego (TX-23) Press Release
Rob Garagiola (MD-06) Press Release Defeat
Joe Garcia (FL-26)
David Gill (IL-13)
Eric Griego (NM-01) Press Release Defeat
Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) Press Release
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Paul Hirschbiel (VA-02)
Steven Horsford (NV-04) Press Release
Jared Huffman (CA-02) Press Release
Derek Kilmer (WA-06) Press Release
Pat Kreitlow (WI-07)
Al Lawson (FL-02)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) Press Release
Dan Maffei (NY-24)
Gary McDowell (MI-01)
Joe Miklosi (CO-06) Press Release
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Mark Murphy (NY-11)
John Oceguera (NV-03) Press Release
Sal Pace (CO-03) Press Release
Scott Peters (CA-52) Press Release
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Brad Schneider (IL-10) Press Release
Julian Schreibman (NY-19) Press Release
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Betty Sutton (OH-16)
Dina Titus (NV-1) Press Release
Marc Veasey (TX-33) Press Release
Jamie Wall (WI-08)
Jay Inslee (WA-Gov) Press Release
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With several open Senate seats and some of our closest allies up for re-election, LCV made it our top priority in 2012 to elect new Senate climate champions and defend current ones. We spent more than $8 million on Senate races this cycle and were victorious in 8 of 9 priority Senate races. In six of these races, we were among the top three independent expenditures supporting the pro-environment candidate.
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That means liberal dark money in 2013 makes up 70 percent of all the dark money spent so far. At this point in 2011, liberal money accounted for less than 6 percent of the dark money spent, and in 2009, the total was a little higher, at 6.5 percent.
The top spender, the League of Conservation Voters, has already reported laying out more than $800,000 in direct support for Ed Markey's (D-Mass.) successful run for the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry -- almost twice as much as all dark money groups combined had spent at this point in the 2012 cycle.
LCV's pro-Markey efforts account for nearly half of the liberal dark money spent so far in 2013, and a third of all dark money spent.
Last February, when Markey came under fire for comparing the Citizens United decision to the infamous 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision -- which denied citizenship to anyone of African descent and provided a legal framework for slavery -- his campaign responded by saying, "Karl Rove, the Koch Brothers and anonymous special interests have no place in our elections and no place in this Senate race." Yet once the race was over, it was clear that the vast majority of the anonymous money spent in the race favored Markey.
LCV's efforts in support of Markey were entirely positive, an aberration in dark money spending. Most outside groups use their resources to attack their favored candidates' opponents.
So far this cycle, more dark money has been spent supporting candidates, rather than opposing them -- a departure from both the 2010 and 2012 cycles at this point in time.
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Minnesota Senator Al Franken:Elected in 2008 by only 312 votes, Al Franken could face a huge wave of attacks in 2014. Senator Franken is a champ on environmental issues and has consistently stood up to Big Oil, most recently by cosponsoring the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, which would eliminate taxpayer funded subsidies to the largest oil companies. Senator Franken’s strong record has earned him an impressive 92% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard. Let’s get Al Franken re-elected. Donate to him and other GiveGreen candidates>>
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen:Jeanne Shaheen was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and has served on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and as Chair of the Subcommittee on Water and Power. She co-sponsored a bill to create a national renewable energy standard. Last week the Senate started debating her bipartisan legislation to promote energy efficient technologies -- the first energy bill to be debated on the Senate floor in years -- demonstrating her leadership on moving America’s energy agenda forward. Senator Shaheen’s dedication to environmental protection has earned her a 93% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard. Donate to Senator Jeanne Shaheen and all our GiveGreen candidates>>
Colorado Senator Mark Udall:Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2008, Senator Mark Udall has worked to protect public lands and the renewable energy industry that are so important to Colorado’s economy. Udall has introduced legislation to extend the wind energy production tax credit, and prioritized policies that would improve energy efficiency. Senator Udall has earned an impressive 97% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard. Donate to Senator Mark Udall and all ourGiveGreen candidates>>
New Mexico Senator Tom Udall:Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008, Tom Udall recognizes not only the threat of climate change, but also the opportunity it presents to create jobs and lead the world in clean technologies. He has co-sponsored multiple pieces of legislation that would provide incentives, encourage investment, and mandate increased usage of clean technologies. Tom Udall has earned an excellent 96% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard
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got 11 of 12, not benishek
http://www.lcv.org/elections/dirty-dozen/
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2012 state-level "Dirty Dozen" list
Colorado:J. Paul Brown, House-59DEFEATEDIdaho: Lenore Hardy Barrett, House-8BMaine:Heather Sirocki, House-128Michigan:Ray Franz, House-101Minnesota:Keith Downey, Senate-49DEFEATEDMontana:Rick Hill, GovernorDEFEATEDNew Mexico:David Ulibarri, Senate-30DEFEATEDNew York:Sean Hanna, Senate-55DEFEATEDNorth Carolina: Tim Moffitt, House-116Oregon:Mike Schaufler, House-38DEFEATEDPennsylvania:Rick Saccone, House-39DEFEATEDWisconsin:Scott Walker, Governor
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Climate-denier politicians under attack by new ad campaign
By John Upton
Here comes more bad PR for climate change–denying politicians ofa:Mckinley west v, scalise, rubio, upton, baron, poe, boehner, cassidy LA, rohrbacher, morgan griffin (vikings]; broun;
Barack Obama’s advocacy group, Organizing for Action,began trying to embarrass denier Republicans earlier this year. Now the League of Conservation Voters is piling on, spending nearly $2 million on TV advertisements aimed at four GOPflat earthers.
Ads unveiled Monday ridicule the voting records and anti-scientific statements of Reps. Dan Benishek (Mich.), Mike Coffman (Colo.), and Rodney Davis (Ill.), and a fourth ad will soon target Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.). From a League of Conservation Voters press release:
This ad campaign follows the release of bipartisan polling [PDF] by LCV showing that young voters across the country are particularly concerned about climate change and support federal action to address it. A solid majority in the poll said they are willing to hold accountable those who ignore the problem, going so far as to describe climate change deniers as “ignorant” and “out-of-touch.”
The Hill points out that LCV has run a similar campaign before:
Last election cycle, the group launched a $1.5 million effort to defeat what they called the “Flat Earth Five,” five lawmakers who were skeptical of climate change science. All but one were defeated.
The new ad targeting Davis quotes him saying “global warming stopped” 16 years ago:
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An ad campaign targeting climate-denying politicians appears to be having something of an effect.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), under fire for being a climate denier in a world ravaged by climate change, this week denied believing that humans *are not warming the planet. Yet the senator still will not acknowledge the basic fact that humans are warming the planet.*
Confused? So are we. But we’ll try to explain.
Johnson is one of four members of Congress being targeted by a $2 million TV advertising campaign funded by the League of Conservation Voters. LCV went after Johnson because of statements he’s made denying climate science, like in 2010 when he told the *Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel*, “I absolutely do not believe in the science of man-caused climate change,” and speculated that sunspots or “something in the geologic eons of time” might instead be responsible for the changing weather.
But on Wednesday, Johnson stepped back from such strong assertions. During a Madison Rotary Club luncheon, he said he’s a “strong environmentalist.” (What is this — 1984?) Here were his comments to the group when asked about climate change, as reported by the Isthmus *Daily Page*:
“I don’t have a belief one way or the other,” he told the crowd of some 300 Rotarians. “I’m willing to accept the science. I’m willing to accept the facts. What I’m not willing to accept is that until we know conclusively what’s doing it and if any action we take would have any kind of measurable impact, I don’t think we should be spending trillions of dollars unilaterally.”
Here’s the thing: If you “don’t have a belief” that humans are changing the climate, then you are a climate denier.
This is the LCV ad that appears to have fueled Johnson’s half-hearted flip-flop:
nd," a mobile billboard in the Illinois representative's district declares.
The ad is part of a new billboard campaign launched by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) targeting members of Congress with "extreme, anti-science views on climate change."
According to an LCV press release, the billboards are expected to remain in the districts of targeted representatives through Election Day. The campaign is part of the advocacy group's "Flat Earth Five" program, which specifically targets Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.), Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.), Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-Texas), and Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.).
The $2 million program's goal is to defeat five members of the House of Representatives unsupportive of climate efforts. All of them have received an overall lifetime score of under 10% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard, which rates members of Congress based on how they vote on environmental issues.
As The Guardian points out, the effort is reflective of environmental groups acknowledging that, even given an environmentally friendly president, green efforts will be difficult without support from Congress.
According to Real Clear Politics, Walsh, Benishek and Lungren's seats are a "Toss Up," while Buerkle and Canseco's are "Likely/Leans Dem."
Rep. Benishek has been criticized by LCV for his "efforts to slash clean water standards protecting the Great Lakes." He also, "Frankly, I'm not sure how significant global warming is." Responding to audience boos, he defended himself as a scientist, adding, "I don't think that we should be spending trillions of dollars not knowing what the long-term effects of the climate are." Challenger Gary McDowell shot back, "The climate is definitely warming... I think virtually every scientist who is not working for BP or the Koch brothers, and Dr. Benishek, agrees that we have to do something."*
Rep. Lungrenhas been targeted by LCV for his "votes to dismantle the Clean Water Act and allow polluters to keep spewing dangerous mercury pollution into our water and air." In2009, Lungren said, "It is my view that sound science rather than ideological bias should direct our consideration of this issue" though added "Without waiting for proof or disproof of global warming, it is prudent for us to take action to minimize CO2 emissions."
Rep. Canseco has been criticized by LCV "for voting in favor of tax cuts for millionaires like himself and companies that ship jobs overseas, while voting to slash job-creating investments in clean energy." In 2009, Canseco responded to an EPA announcement regulating carbon emissions, stating that "passing environmental regulations based on reportedly manufactured global warming data is utterly the wrong direction for our country.”
According to the controversial site OneNewsNow.com, Canseco argued that the rhetoric was wrong, stating, "It is really counterproductive to have a debate about whether or not there's climate change... What we should be having is a debate about policies that are promoted and implemented in the name of climate change and that negatively impact opportunities for our citizens and kill jobs."
Rep. Walsh has received an overall score of just 3% on LCV’s scorecard. In a Chicago Sun-Times questionnaire, Walsh said that although it's important to protect the environment, on climate change "The science is not clear yet. Certainly, man's potential role in global warming has not been definitively determined."
Rep. Buerkle has faced scrutiny by LCV for her "votes to block rules limiting toxic mercury pollution that causes birth defects, respiratory illnesses and premature deaths." In an interview with The Syracuse New Times last year, Buerkle said, "Cycles come and go. There is global warming, but the bigger question is: Is it humans that are causing this? And I think that is where the debate still lies. I think politically it’s been decided, but I don’t think scientifically it has."
Many would argue it is the reverse, given 98% of active climate researchers are in agreement on anthropogenic climate change.
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2008
Mitt Romney
George Allen
Dennis Rehberg
Heather Wilson
Dan Benishek
Ann Marie Buerkle
Francisco Canseco
TIm Holden
Dan Lungren
Joe Walsh