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From: "Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Just the facts
From: "Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1:06 PM
Subject: Just the facts
 Charles,
Today, LCV is releasing the 2011 National Environmental Scorecard, which for more than 40 years has been the nationally accepted yardstick used to rate members of Congress on environmental issues. Unfortunately, this year’s Scorecard is a sad testament to the radical nature of the first session of the 112th Congress in the House of Representatives.
In 2011, the Republican leadership in the House unleashed a truly breathtaking and unprecedented assault on the environment and public health, the breadth and depth of which have made the current House the most anti-environment in our nation’s history.
But that’s why we must work together to hold our elected officials accountable for their votes and actions on the nation’s most pressing environmental issues.
1. Get the facts. Learn your representative and senators’ 2011 LCV score.
2. Spread the word. Click here to share the 2011 National Environmental Scorecard with your family and friends via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter. The 2011 National Environmental Scorecard includes 35 House votes, which is far more than have ever been included in any previous Scorecard. But to be clear: many other votes warranted inclusion and would have been included in a typical year. In fact, all told there were more than 200 House votes on the environment in 2011.
The good news is that both the U.S. Senate and the Obama administration stood firm against the vast majority of these attacks. There are just 11 Senate votes included in the 2011 Scorecard, and they include strong rebukes to House votes on key issues such as upholding new rules to reduce power plant pollution and defending the EPA’s ability to issue lifesaving public health protections. Indeed, not only did the nation’s bedrock environmental protections emerge largely unscathed in 2011, the Obama administration also made major progress through administrative actions to protect our air and water.
As we begin 2012, it could not be clearer that we stand at a crossroads when it comes to the kind of planet we will leave our children. LCV is grateful to the Obama administration and our allies in the House and Senate. But most of all, we are grateful to you and the millions of people across the country who are keeping up the fight for a cleaner, safer, healthier environment.
Thank you,
 Gene Karpinski President League of Conservation Voters P.S. Click here to download a copy of the 2011 National Environmental Scorecard, which includes a comprehensive overview of national environmental policy in 2011, full House and Senate vote descriptions and a complete record of how every member of Congress voted on key environmental issues. |
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