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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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WASHINGTON – In selecting Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-1) as his running mate, Mitt Romney is doubling down on one of the most extreme budget plans ever written.
“Mitt Romney has chosen a leading voice in the worst House of Representatives ever on environmental issues to be his running mate. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would continue giving $40 billion in taxpayer handouts to Big Oil, devastate the renewable energy sector and jeopardize thousands of jobs all
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WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney today will make his first campaign stop in Iowa since breaking with the state’s entire Congressional delegation and coming out in opposition to renewing the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. The state’s largest newspaper criticized Romney’s extreme position earlier this week, which could cost the state thousands of jobs.
“Mitt Romney is virtually the only person in the state that thinks ending tax incentives for wind energy is a
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today announced it will devote significant resources to defeating Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23) in the general election. Canseco has been named to LCV’s $1.5 million Flat Earth Five program for his extreme anti-science positions. The program aims to defeat five climate change deniers in the House of Representatives this election cycle. LCV has already spent nearly $300,000 in this race.
“If Rep. Canseco can’t acknowledge basic scientific facts,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) will launch a new $120,000 television ad campaign criticizing Nevada Senator Dean Heller for voting to protect tax breaks for Big Oil at the expense of clean energy. The new ad begins running tomorrow in the Reno market and follows a separate major ad buy last month.
“It's appalling that Senator Heller voted to protect tax breaks for Big Oil at the expense of Nevada’s clean
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WASHINGTON – A new article in today’s Boston Globe highlighting Scott Brown’s horrible energy policy manages to grow the list of inconvenient facts the Senator pretends don’t exist. With a record like his, it’s no wonder Scott Brown doesn’t take responsibility for his votes or acknowledge the facts.
“Scott Brown once tried to move Fenway Park, so it’s not surprising that he’s off base on his own environmental record,” said Navin Nayak, LCV Senior Vice President
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WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney today will make his first visit to Colorado since coming out in favor of letting the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy expire. This position puts Romney at odds with Republicans, Democrats and local job creators in the wind energy sector, who all recognize the devastating impact Romney’s plan would have on job growth and our economy.
“Mitt Romney claims he’s creating a level playing field by eliminating the crucial wind
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) announced the launch of a grassroots field campaign to defeat Senator Scott Brown and elect Elizabeth Warren to the United States Senate from Massachusetts. The field campaign, which begins in mid-August, will also recruit new LCV members and educate voters across 100,000 homes in the state by Election Day.
“Scott Brown claims to be independent, but the truth is he sides with billionaire oil executives and corporate
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