You know the fact remains that Newt Gingrich was never an enemy to any Conservation Protection Act in his contract with America. It took a Bush to seek to destroy the Endangered Species Act and attempt to log every national park designated as pristine and precious and a heritage. Just you don't recognize it, this is mountain top mining. There should be precious forest standing there and not a whole in the Earth.
Conservative Group Slams Speaker Newt Gingrich's Environmental Record (click title to entry)
A press release issued June 24, 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research202/543-4110, (202) 543-5975, http://www.nationalcenter.org.
Contact: David Ridenour (202) 543-4110, dridenour@nationalcenter.org
House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the single greatest threat to needed reform of environmental laws, announced the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research on June 24. The Speaker's efforts to stymie meaningful reform of the Endangered Species Act, his support for legislation that would threaten private property and subvert efforts to base legislation on sound science, and his efforts to give the environmental establishment veto power over all environmental legislation mean the Speaker should be the poster boy of the environmental movement -- not its villain -- says the group.
In recent months, environmental groups have been attempting to use the Speaker's waning popularity to sink regulatory relief efforts. But Newt Gingrich and the environmental movement are like two peas in a pod. In fact, says the group, Newt Gingrich has staked out environmental positions that are so radical that some of the staunchest environmentalists appear moderate by comparison. For example, Gingrich recently blocked changes to a dolphin protection measure that had been given the green light not only by environmental establishment Republicans like Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), but by environmental groups like Greenpeace. In May he also urged Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS) to abandon eforts to pass property rights legislation -- a measure supported by over two-thirds of the electorate.
"Given the Speaker's apparent contempt for private property rights, his penchant for 'junk science' and his indifference to the plight of Americans suffering under unreasonable regulations, he ought to be the environmental movement's poster boy -- not its villain," said David Ridenour, Vice President of The National Center for Public Policy Research. Ironically, at the very time Speaker Gingrich has been villified by the environmental movement, he's been working to ensure that they have greater say in the nation's policies. Recently, Gingrich established a House Task Force on the Environment designed to give environmentalists veto power over all environmental legislation. Gingrich appointed Representative Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) to co-chair the Task Force, one of the House of Representatives' most rabid environmentalists -- Democrat or Republican. Boehlert received a 92% score in the League of Conservation Voters' environmental scorecard -- higher than 53% of House Democrats.
For informational materials/interviews contact David Ridenour at The National Center for Public Policy Research at (202) 543-4110.
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November 13, 2007
California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) Releases Annual California Environmental Scorecard (click here)
Ratings for Schwarzenegger & Legislature for 2007 Find Heroes, Villains, and Freshman Hopefuls
Schwarzenegger Scores Highest Rating of his Governorship — 63%
Oakland - The California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) — the political arm of the environmental movement in America’s leading environmental state — announced the release of its annual California Environmental Scorecard today, revealing highlights of the 2007 legislative session. Governor Schwarzenegger’s 63% represents the highest score of his tenure, and Assembly Democrats led the pack with 29 members earning perfect 100% scores. In a year when global warming was on everyone’s mind, the legislature approved several alternative energy measures but left the two most important greenhouse gas emission bills — SB 375 and SB 974 — to be decided in 2008....
California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) Releases Annual California Environmental Scorecard (click here)
Ratings for Schwarzenegger & Legislature for 2007 Find Heroes, Villains, and Freshman Hopefuls
Schwarzenegger Scores Highest Rating of his Governorship — 63%
Oakland - The California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) — the political arm of the environmental movement in America’s leading environmental state — announced the release of its annual California Environmental Scorecard today, revealing highlights of the 2007 legislative session. Governor Schwarzenegger’s 63% represents the highest score of his tenure, and Assembly Democrats led the pack with 29 members earning perfect 100% scores. In a year when global warming was on everyone’s mind, the legislature approved several alternative energy measures but left the two most important greenhouse gas emission bills — SB 375 and SB 974 — to be decided in 2008....
