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WASHINGTON, DC – League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement following a failed attempt in the United States Senate to rewrite the Clean Air Act and endanger public health by undermining mercury air pollution limits:
“This vote is a win for public health and a blow to the polluter agenda. The EPA is doing its job protecting public health by working to curb harmful mercury pollution in our air and
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WASHINGTON, DC – League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement following Big Oil’s meaningless vote in the Senate today supporting approval and construction of the dangerous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline:
“Big Oil may have bought themselves this meaningless vote, but the decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline remains where it’s been all along – with Secretary Kerry and President Obama. The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is
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WASHINGTON, DC – League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement following reports today that a consultant who played a key role in drafting the State Department’s Keystone XL analysis had previously worked for TransCanada, the company that wants to build the pipeline:
“This is deeply concerning. The State Department should re-evaluate all parts of their analysis that involved the input of anyone who worked for TransCanada. This revelation reaffirms that
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WASHINGTON, DC – League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement following the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s vote today to send President Obama’s nomination of Sally Jewell to be Secretary of Interior to the full Senate:
“The Committee’s strong bipartisan support of Sally Jewell’s nomination should clear the way for quick confirmation by the full Senate. President Obama has already doubled our use of renewable energy and protected some of
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WASHINGTON, DC – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement as the Senate begins voting on a series of amendments to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray’s budget proposal today:
“Chairman Murray has drafted a common sense budget, and this process shouldn’t be used to turn it into a giveaway for Big Oil and corporate polluters. The Senate should reject anti-environmental amendments that threaten our air and water
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WASHINGTON, DC – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement in reaction to the release of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray’s budget proposal today:
“Paul Ryan should’ve taken a page from Patty Murray’s playbook. Chairman Murray has drafted a commonsense plan that recognizes the importance of the EPA to help fight climate change and land conservation programs that protect our open spaces. Budgets are about priorities,
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WASHINGTON, DC – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) President Gene Karpinski released this statement in reaction to the release of Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal today:
“This budget demonstrates nothing more than Paul Ryan’s wishful thinking and shouldn’t be taken seriously. Congressman Ryan’s budget doubles down on the failed dirty energy policies of the past, includes draconian cuts to the EPA and clean energy, and assumes revenues from the harmful Keystone XL
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Grassroots program will talk to voters across Massachusetts
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WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) announced today that they’re launching a grassroots field campaign this week to help make climate champion Ed Markey the next United States Senator from Massachusetts. LCV will spend at least $650,000 on this field campaign by the Democratic Senate primary on April 30th, knocking on at least 219,000 doors of likely primary voters across the state.
“This field
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