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WASHINGTON – The Colorado chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP-CO), funded by the most notorious oil executives in America - the Koch brothers - shocked absolutely no one this week by coming out against tax incentives for wind energy. Rolling Stone already listed the Koch brothers #2 on their list of politicians and executives who are blocking progress on global warming, citing their "sprawling empire of oil refineries and pipelines" that are “perpetuating the use
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WASHINGTON, DC – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, announced today its endorsement of Nevada State Assembly Speaker John Oceguera for the U.S. House of Representatives in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.
“LCV Action Fund is proud to endorse John Oceguera for Congress in Nevada’s 3rd district because he has been a dedicated public servant who always fights for his community instead of
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WASHINGTON – A coalition of nine national non-profit organizations, including the League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, The Climate Reality Project, MomsRising.org, GlobalSolutions.org, iMatter Campaign and Moms Clean Air Force, dropped off more than 160,000 debate petitions to Jim Lehrer today, urging him to ask President Obama and Governor Romney about climate change during the first presidential debate next week. The debate will be held October 3rd in Colorado
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$600,000 buy in San Antonio market highlights votes against clean energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today launched a $600,000 television ad campaign against Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23) for voting to provide tax cuts for millionaires like him while slashing job-creating investments in clean energy. The ad buy will run on cable and broadcast in the San Antonio market beginning today and running through October 18th.
“Congressman Canseco got to Washington
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WASHINGTON – When Mitt Romney travels to Pueblo, Colorado today, he’ll have a front row seat to the layoffs caused, at least in part, by his opposition to the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer, announced in August that they are eliminating nearly 100 jobs at their tower factory in Pueblo due the PTC’s looming expiration. Two weeks before Vestas announced the layoffs, multiple news outlets
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More than $1.5 million already raised or contributed this election cycle
WASHINGTON, DC –The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund announced today that more than $1.5 million has already been raised or contributed through its GiveGreen program. This represents the most money ever collected through GiveGreen during a single election cycle, which includes $1.1 million bundled for candidates and $400,000 in direct candidate contributions from LCV Action Fund.
“There’s an incredible number of environmental
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-24) today continued her assault on the environment and public health by voting for the deceptively titled Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012, which is designed to weaken commonsense industrial pollution standards and roll back public health safeguards. Rep. Buerkle’s vote is what you’d expect from a politician with a dismal 9% lifetime score on the League of Conservation Voters’ (LCV) National Environmental Scorecard.
“Ann Marie Buerkle voted
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Dan Lungren continued his assault on the environment today by voting for the deceptively titled Stop the War on Coal Act, which is actually a bill designed to weaken industrial pollution standards and roll back public health safeguards. It’s another reminder of why Lungren has a lifetime score of just 4% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.
“Lungren voted to give corporate polluters everything on their wish list while endangering the air Californians breathe
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