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WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) named New Mexico Senate candidate and former Rep. Heather Wilson to its 2012 “Dirty Dozen” list. Wilson was named to the list during two previous election cycles (2002 and 2006). LCV's trademark “Dirty Dozen” program targets candidates for Congress — regardless of party affiliation — who consistently vote against clean energy and conservation and are running in races in which LCV has a serious chance to
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WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) named Montana Senate candidate Rep. Dennis Rehberg to its 2012 “Dirty Dozen” list. LCV's trademark “Dirty Dozen” program targets candidates for Congress — regardless of party affiliation — who consistently vote against clean energy and conservation and are running in races in which LCV has a serious chance to affect the outcome.
“Dennis Rehberg has repeatedly sided with corporate polluters over Montana’s hunters and fishermen, working to
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WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) launched a $95,296 mail program to defeat former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez in the upcoming May 29th primary for Texas’ 23rd congressional district. The program will include four flights of mail targeting 42,000 households throughout the district. The mail pieces highlight Rodriguez’s record of standing with corporate polluters, instead supporting President Obama’s clean energy jobs policies.
“Ciro Rodriguez gave his word to the Democratic leadership
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WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) named Montana Senate candidate Rep. Dennis Rehberg and New Mexico Senate candidate and former Rep. Heather Wilson to its 2012 “Dirty Dozen” list. This is the first time Rehberg has been named to the “Dirty Dozen,” while Wilson was named to the list during two previous election cycles (2002 and 2006).
LCV plans to make both of these races top priorities this cycle. In Montana, LCV has
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Washington, DC – Today, a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced that more than one million Americans have shown their support for new standards to curb industrial carbon pollution from power plants by submitting comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With over a month still remaining in the public comment period, this is already the largest number of public comments the EPA has ever received on any issue, and we
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, announced its endorsement of Derek Kilmer for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington’s 6th district. Kilmer served in the state House of Representatives from 2005-2007 before being elected to his current office in the state Senate.
“Derek Kilmer has consistently prioritized clean air and water protection in his political career, and
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, announced its endorsement of Alan Lowenthal for the U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 47th district.
“Alan Lowenthal has been a stalwart environmental supporter throughout his political career, and has led the charge in cleaning up the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach with new transportation infrastructure and reduced air pollution,” said LCV
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WASHINGTON – In response to Mitt Romney’s campaign stop today in Colorado to discuss energy, League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Senior Vice President for Campaigns Navin Nayak released the following statement:
“Don’t be fooled – Mitt Romney is still in the tank for Big Oil. He may pretend to offer solutions to America’s energy challenges, but Romney supports protecting the billions in special tax breaks enjoyed by the same oil industry that is bankrolling his campaign.”
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