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Conservation
Democrat Bruce Slater
Supports all
actions to ensure clean air
Republican Joe Pitts
Voted against legislation that would
authorize $10 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency to
research how to make alternative fuels more compatible with the
nation’s existing petroleum-based fuel infrastructure, requiring the
EPA to consider the effect on emissions for any new technology to
facilitate the implementation of biofuels. (HR 547; 2/8/07)
Pitts has received
over $67,100 in campaign contributions from PAC’s representing the
power generation industry
Democrat Bruce Slater
Supports all
actions to ensure clean water
Republican Joe Pitts
Voted against
legislation that would enhance clean water and/or fund water
pollution control programs throughout the United States 23 times
since 2002.
Democrat Bruce Slater
Supports all
actions to end global warming
Republican Joe Pitts
Voted against
legislation that would focus on climate change, climate science, and
strategies to reduce greenhouse gases 51 times since 2002.
The League of
Conservation Voters has issued a legislative environment scorecard
for 2007. Listed below is a list of Joe Pitts' votes on issues of
critical importance to the LVC. To read more about the scorecard,
click here...
To view Joe Pitts'
environmental record,
click here...
Joe Pitts has a 3% LVC
rating for the 1009th Congress (2004 - 2005), a 9% Lifetime rating
and a 10% rating for 2007.
To download LVC's
National Environmental Scorecard,
click here...
(this is a very large pdf document)
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2007 League of
Conservation Voters Issues: |
Support of LVC's
position |
|
SLATER |
PITTS |
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Oil Subsidies
Repeal |
YES |
NO |
|
Renewable
Electricity Standard |
YES |
NO |
|
Clean Energy |
YES |
NO |
|
CAFE & Clean
Energy |
YES |
NO |
|
Liquid Coal |
YES |
NO |
|
Global Warming and
National Security |
YES |
NO |
|
Reducing Global
Warming |
YES |
NO |
|
Electric
Transmission Corridors |
YES |
YES |
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Clean Air |
YES |
NO |
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Offshore Drilling |
YES |
NO |
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Oil Shale |
YES |
NO |
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Tongass Logging
Roads
(logging and road building in national forests) |
YES |
NO |
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Mexican Wolf
Recovery |
YES |
NO |
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Environmental
Funding |
YES |
NO |
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Clean Water |
YES |
NO |
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Weakening Hardrock
Mining Reform |
YES |
NO |
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Hardrock Mining
Reform |
YES |
NO |
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Population |
YES |
NO |
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Farm Bill -
Subsidy Reform |
YES |
NO |
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Farm Bill -
Grasslands Protection |
YES |
YES |
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