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WASHINGTON – Following last night’s primary results in Connecticut, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today congratulated Rep. Chris Murphy for his win in the Democratic primary race. Last November, LCV Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, endorsed Murphy in the primary, citing his stellar 98% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.
“Chris Murphy ran a strong primary campaign, and his message of moving our nation towards
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters today responded to Josh Mandel’s remarks at an Ohio rally for Mitt Romney late yesterday:
“What’s truly radical is that Josh Mandel trusts Washington politicians to reign in corporate polluters and not scientists at the EPA. Scientists have put in place safeguards protecting the air Ohioans breathe and the water they drink, but Mandel wants to prevent them from doing their jobs. With safeguards on mercury and other
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today responded to Senator Dean Heller’s attempts to distract from his horrible voting record, which includes nine votes in favor of continuing to give billions in taxpayer-subsidized handouts to Big Oil. His response comes on the heels of LCV‘s $120,000 television ad campaign earlier this month criticizing Heller for voting to protect tax breaks for Big Oil at the expense of clean energy.
“Senator Heller can wash
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today named Rep. Joe Walsh (IL-08) to its $1.5 million “Flat Earth Five” program, which aims to defeat five climate change deniers in the House of Representatives this election cycle. As part of this program, LCV will commit significant resources to defeating Rep. Walsh, who maintains that the science behind man-made climate change “is not clear yet.”
“Rep. Walsh’s constituents deserve better than a climate-denying Congressman that’s full
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WASHINGTON – Paul Ryan will campaign in Jefferson County, Colorado today where he is expected to talk about anything but his ticket’s opposition to the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. The reason? In opposing the renewal of the PTC, the Romney-Ryan ticket stands on the wrong side of Colorado’s voters and local job creators in the wind industry, who all recognize the devastating impact the Romney-Ryan plan would have on job growth and
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WASHINGTON – Jeff Flake recently told a group of activists that Senate candidates like him shouldn’t have to face the voters in November. Instead, Flake favors of repealing the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which calls for direct election of Senators. Before the amendment was adopted in 1912, state legislatures picked Senators and denied voters the opportunity to have their voices heard.
“Jeff Flake is so extreme he endorsed the radical Romney-Ryan budget plan giving
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WASHINGTON – Paul Ryan will campaign at the Iowa State Fair today where he is expected to talk about anything but his ticket’s opposition to the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. The reason? In opposing the renewal of the PTC, the Romney-Ryan ticket stands on the wrong side of Iowa’s voters, business leaders and the state’s entire Congressional delegation. The state’s largest newspaper has even criticized this extreme position, which could cost the
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today congratulates Rep. Mazie Hirono for her victory in last night’s Democratic primary in the Hawaii U.S. Senate race. In May, LCV Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental policies, endorsed Hirono in her bid to become the next U.S. Senator from the state of Hawaii, citing her fierce advocacy for clean energy and strong support of environmental policies that protect public
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