Daily Dirty Denier$
Dirty votes and dirty money. For some members of Congress this is a normal day in Washington. This August, as members return home to face voters, we will expose some of them for exactly who they are:...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melissa Harrison, NRDC Action Fund, 202-513-6278, mharrison@nrdc.org Daily Dirty Denier$ NRDC Action Fund to Expose #DirtyDenier$ During August Recess WASHINGTON (July...
View Article#DirtyDenier$ Day 1: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
The Senate is (sadly) full of climate deniers, but none of them is more dangerous than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). That’s because Sen. McConnell possesses that dangerous combination...
View Article#DirtyDenier$ Day 2: Congressman Tim Walberg
Congressman Tim Walberg seems perfectly happy as a reliable foe of clean air, clean water and taking action on climate change, doesn’t he? Maybe it’s because he’s tucked into the National Republican...
View Article#DirtyDenier$ Day 3: Senator Marco Rubio
Senator Marco Rubio’s eyes are looking toward the White House. But instead, he should be reading up on basic science. Though 97 percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is happening,...
View Article#DirtyDenier$ Day 4: Congressman Cory Gardner
Why is Congressman Cory Gardner smiling? Maybe it’s because in just four years in Congress, he has raised $695,000 from dirty polluters from the oil and gas industry, who happen to be the largest...
View Article#DirtyDenier$ Day 5: Congressman John M. Shimkus
Why is Congressman John Shimkus smiling? Maybe it’s because over the course of his career he has raised more than $500,000 from the oil and gas industry. These dirty polluters account for one of the...
View ArticleWho Votes Dirty?
Washington doesn’t have the bright lights and flashy showgirls of the Vegas strip, but some lawmakers sure seem to have adopted Vegas’s motto. Unfortunately for them, what happens in Washington is no...
View ArticleSen Capito’s Polluter Protection Act
UPDATE: This post was updated on May 20th, 2015 to reflect two new bill co-sponsors, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and again on June 12th, 2015 for two additional co-sponsors,...
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