League of Conservation Voters Dirty Dozen for 2010: Part 1--House of Representatives

by Neon Vincent

All of us Kossacks who have ever wanted to know the names of the most enviromentally unfriendly candidates running for national office are in luck.  Every election season, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) compiles a Dirty Dozen of candidates for Congress, both Senate and House of Representatives.  These candidates consistently vote (or promise to vote) against clean energy and natural resource conservation.  Election year 2010 is no exception.

This year, the LCV lists eleven GOTeaP candidates and office holders running for federal office.  They also list a bonus ballot measure.  It's such a big list that I'll have to break it up into three installments that I'll post during the week.

Join me over the fold for part one, where I feature three GOTeaP candidates and office holders running for election or re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives who are among the national LCV's Dirty Dozen for this year.

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Stupid Goes Viral: Climate Zombies of HI, ID, MN, MT, OR, WY

by RLMiller

They prowl the halls of Congress, moaning for caaasshh.

Their stupid has gone viral.

And if they win, humanity loses.

I'm tracking Climate Zombies: every Republican candidate for House, Senate, and Governor who doubts, denies, or derides the science of climate change. Today, I finish up all states west of the Rocky Mountains, plus throw in Minnesota as a bonus, and find not one, but two  Republican incumbents who admit the reality of climate change.  

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Accountability for BP - And for Michele Bachmann

by TarrylClark

I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Michele Bachmann is back in the news.

After all, even as Minnesota families struggle to make ends meet, Congresswoman Bachmann is more interested in publicity and promoting a personal agenda than in getting anything done for the people she's supposed to represent.

Still, even for her, leaping to the defense of BP in the wake of the massive Deepwater Horizon spill is shocking.

That's why we are lauching a first-of-its-kind ad campaign to hold Congresswoman Bachmann accountable.

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