Environmentalists target 5 Republicans who question humans’ impact on climate
Source: Washington Post
The League of Conservation Voters will launch a $1.5 million campaign Tuesday targeting five House Republicans who question the connection between human activity and climate change, in an effort to test whether the issue can sway voters.
Prominent conservative Republicans have challenged the scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and other sources are transforming the Earths climate. But it has not emerged as a central issue in a national political campaign, and President Obama, who pushed unsuccessfully for national limits on greenhouse gas emissions at the start of his term, has played down the issue over the past two years.
The League of Conservation Voters, which has endorsed both Democrats and Republicans in the past, aims to unseat Reps. Ann Marie Buerkle (N.Y.), Dan Benishek (Mich.) and three other yet-to-be-named House Republicans theyve dubbed the group the Flat Earth Five by attacking their global warming stance and ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Theres still a debate about how to address these issues, but Americans expect their politicians to be informed and to accept basic science, said Navin Nayak, the groups senior vice president for campaigns. Independents are with us. All of these members are in places where they have to win a majority of independent voters to win reelection.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/environmentalists-target-5-republicans-who-question-humans-impact-on-climate/2012/07/23/gJQAHqJD5W_story.html
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I wish the League of Conservation Voters success in their efforts.
Rhiannon12866
(206,712 posts)siligut
(12,272 posts)If we can't get them out of their make-believe world, at least try to get them out of politics in ours.
pscot
(21,024 posts)It's past time for environmental groups to start head-hunting.
tex-wyo-dem
(3,190 posts)Environmental groups need to study how the NRA has strong-armed politicians and the entire gun-control debate (effectively shutting down debate) and do the same with regards to climate change. Being polite and naively believing that pols will ultimately do the right thing is getting us no where.
pscot
(21,024 posts)that we can't even see nowhere from here.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)tawadi
(2,110 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,524 posts)Thanks for the thread, alp.