Via the League of Conservation Voters:

Pledge to Vote Environment

On November 7th – Election Day - America will go one of two ways: action on global warming, or a wait-and-see approach; drilling in wild lands or more protected wilderness; energy security or continued dependence on oil.

Visit LCV’s Pro-Environment Candidate Map to find your environmental candidate. Then sign the Vote Environment Pledge below, pledging that you will vote on Election Day for pro-environment candidates!

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Via the League of Conservation Voters:

Tell Congress to Say NO to Big Oil

Stop Big Oil Influence – Write Your Congress Members Today

It’s time for America to move forward and pursue energy solutions that work. We have the technology, the public support, and the know-how. All we need is for Congress to step up and lead the way. But Big Oil is throwing millions of dollars at Congress to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Help us reduce the influence of big oil companies by asking your Congress members to say “NO” to their big-dollar donations.

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Via the League of Conservation Voters:

Nothing more starkly illustrates how your representatives in Congress have helped or harmed the environment than our newly released 2006 National Environmental Scorecard.

Since 1970, the League of Conservation Voters’ Scorecard has tracked your Congress members’ voting records. Every member gets a final “LCV score” that should either shame them or make their constituents proud.

Unfortunately, too many Members of Congress put Big Oil’s interests before their constituents.

How did your elected officials score? Find out – click here to check out LCV’s 2006 Scorecard. LCV’s Scorecard is based on crucial environmental votes, including energy and oil drilling, environmental health standards, and protecting wild places.

Who scored the worst? Twenty Senators and 80 Representatives scored a dismal 0%, voting against the environment every single time. Rep. J.D. Hayworth (AZ) took home a zero, as did Sens. George Allen (VA), James Inhofe (OK), and Mitch McConnell (KY). Rep, Pombo (CA) got a paltry 17% and Sen. Santorum (PA) got an appalling 14%.

Hats off to those legislators receiving a perfect environmental score of 100%. They include Sens. Robert Menendez (NJ), Jack Reed (RI) and many House members.

Learn more…

Download the complete 2006 National Environmental Scorecard (2.54 MB PDF)

Look up your delegation’s scores. Send a letter to your Members of Congress — let them know you’re watching!

Via the League of Conservation Voters:

Demand New Energy Now! Sign The Petition to Congress

LCV’s New Energy Now! Petition maps out a sustainable and safer energy future for America. By signing today, you are advancing sensible energy solutions – energy efficiency, renewable energy, less global warming pollution, and protection of America’s wild places from oil drilling.

With the midterm election just around the corner, we need to make our voices heard today! Help shape the energy positions of your representatives in Congress.

From the League of Conservation Voters:

Send President Bush and Congress to the Movies!

Our leaders seem paralyzed when it comes to global warming. It’s time to give them a kick in the pants! Send an email to President Bush and your members of Congress with a movie suggestion: Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth.

This startling look at global warming “succeeds powerfully,” according to a review in the Wall Street Journal. We just need the right people to see it. Send your invitation to President Bush and Congress today!

GW watching an Al Gore movie? Oh, I can just see it now! Futile but funny.

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From: Gene Karpinski LCV - lcv [at] lcv.org
Date: Jul 18, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: America at an Energy Crossroads

America is at an energy crossroads. Which way are we going to go?

We could go the dirtiest, slowest, most expensive way to energy security. Or the cleanest, fastest, cheapest way.

Seems like an easy decision? Not when Big Oil is involved. The U.S. Senate may vote in the next week or two on a bill to open eight million acres off of Florida’s west coast to new offshore drilling. And as if that’s not bad enough, if the Senate passes this bill it could be combined with an abysmal offshore drilling bill that recently passed the U.S. House. Trust me – this is not the best route to take.

Demand a better energy future – write your Senators today!

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In related matters, here’s another petition, this time from the League of Conservation Voters:

Demand Global Warming Leadership Now!

Sign the Global Warming Leadership Petition. Send a message to political leaders, and those running for re-election in November, that Americans want energy leadership from their government. We have the technological know-how to turn the tide on global warming and the energy crisis. We as citizens must demand that elected officials act now to develop policies to stop global warming before our environment is irreparably harmed.

Sensible solutions to global warming and our energy problems exist - we can own our energy future and reinvigorate our economy. Sign the petition and demand that politicians and candidates for office make global warming and clean energy a priority in the 2006 elections. Just fill out the form.

Add your (virtual) Jane Hancock by clicking here.

The League of Conservation Voters wants your help!

The next seven of the Dirty Dozen have been named. Who are the Dirty Dozen? They’re the most radical anti-environment politicians with the worst environmental voting records in Congress, according to experts from the League of Conservation Voters. Taking cues from the Bush Administration, Big Oil and other polluters, they have almost single handedly blocked efforts to tackle global warming, rising energy prices, air pollution, and other serious environmental problems.

Visit the web site below to find out who the Dirty Dozen are, how dirty they are, and how you can help defeat them on Election Day in November:

action.lcv.org/campaign/dirtydozen/