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Coalition to President Obama and Secretary Kerry: Pipeline is Not in National Interest
The “All Risk, No Reward” Coalition launched today as a new national group that will educate the American people on the ‘all risk and no reward’ of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and urge President Obama and Secretary Kerry to reject it. The coalition brings together a unique group of national and state organizations, is very focused in its messaging on risk
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released this statement following news reports that former Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) is looking at running for United States Senate from New Hampshire in 2014. LCV spent more than $1.1 million to defeat Scott Brown in Massachusetts last cycle, launching mail and field programs to help elect Senator Elizabeth Warren.
“Scott Brown’s record of standing with Big Oil and corporate polluters will follow him wherever he goes.
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) announced today that it has already knocked on more than 100,000 doors across Massachusetts since the launch of its grassroots field campaign last month to elect Ed Markey to the United States Senate. The organization has made this race a top priority this year, and will spend at least $650,000 on this field campaign and knock on at least 241,000 doors by the Democratic Senate primary on
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WASHINGTON, DC- The League of Conservation Voters today released a new report outlining where every member of the United States Senate stood on environmental priorities during consideration of Senator Murray’s budget resolution. These votes on climate change, clean air, and the dangerous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline provided the first glimpse of where this Senate stands on the environment and public health, and will be seriously considered for inclusion in this year's National
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WASHINGTON, DC – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Sierra Club and Media Matters for America have launched a campaign demanding that ABC, NBC and CBS provide more climate change coverage during their evening newscasts. The petition campaign follows a recent Media Matters study that found that these networks featured only 12 climate change segments combined in 2012, a year of extreme weather and record-breaking heat waves nationwide.
“The new year shouldn’t bring the
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WASHINGTON, DC – League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement following the release of President Obama’s plan to make gasoline cleaner and curb harmful tailpipe emissions from passenger vehicles, which is supported by a cross-section of groups from across the health and environmental communities:
“The cars we drive have a major impact on the air we breathe. Harmful chemicals are emitted by tailpipes every day, leading to increased cases of respiratory
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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 Brian Schatz for U.S. Senate from Hawaii. Schatz has made addressing climate change and investing in clean energy a top priority throughout his career and will continue this strong leadership in the U.S. Senate.
“Brian Schatz is a lifelong environmentalist and a proven leader on climate change policy,” said LCV Action
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WASHINGTON, DC – League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement ahead of President Obama designating five new national monuments later today, including the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico, First State National Monument in Delaware and Pennsylvania, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Maryland, Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Ohio, and San Juan Islands National Monument in Washington State:
“President Obama’s strong leadership today will
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