Earlier this week, I profiled three candidates on the the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Dirty Dozen list who are running for the House of Representatives. As I wrote then, "[t]hese candidates consistently vote (or promise to vote) against clean energy and natural resource conservation.
Join me over the fold for part 2, in which I profile the first four GOTeaP senate candidates on the LCV's list, along with action items for their Democratic opponents.
Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has aggressively campaigned this election on her opposition to comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation. Her campaign rhetoric has apparently attracted some unique donors; Fiorina has received about $63,000 in donations this year from Appalachian coal-mining interests. Much of the money has come from Robert Murray, CEO of Murray Energy in Ohio, who dismisses global warming as "hysterical global goofiness." Robert Murray has helped direct almost $25,000 to Fiorina’s science-denying campaign for Senate, including $10,000 from the company’s federal PAC and personal donations totaling $2,499.