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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2015
Nashua, NH:
Hillary Clinton will join the League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
Action Fund President Gene Karpinski and Board Chair Carol M. Browner
today in Nashua, NH to receive the environmental group’s endorsement for
President of the United States—its earliest endorsement of a
Presidential candidate in the history of the organization and the first
endorsement ever made before any votes are cast.
“When it comes
to fighting the climate crisis, the stakes couldn’t be higher—and we are
confident that Hillary Clinton is the right person for the job,” said
Gene Karpinski, President of LCV Action Fund. “With her proven history
of leadership, strong environmental record, and a campaign committed to
building a clean energy future, Hillary Clinton is without a doubt the
most effective leader to stand up to Big Polluters and push forward an
aggressive plan to tackle climate change and get it done.”
Hillary
Clinton has a long history of strong environmental leadership. As a
Senator, Clinton supported a number of important climate and clean
energy bills, including reducing carbon and other pollutants from power
plants, repealing Big Oil tax handouts, and investing in renewable
energy. Clinton also proposed several environmental justice initiatives.
As Secretary of State, she made climate change a top priority. Clinton
appointed the first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change who serves as
the Administration’s point person for climate negotiations, including
the recent, historic bilateral climate agreement with China and formed
the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a partnership with dozens of other
countries to reduce short-lived climate pollutants like black carbon and
methane. In 2009, Clinton made a breakthrough announcement committing
the U.S. to help jointly mobilize $100 billion by 2020 to help
communities across the world deal with the ravages of climate change.
This commitment helped reinvigorate stalled negotiations and led to an
agreement in Copenhagen.
“As a presidential candidate, Hillary
Clinton has made the need to grow a sustainable, clean energy economy
and tackling climate change a major part of her conversation with
voters,” said Carol M. Browner, Board Chair of LCV, former EPA
Administrator and Director of the Office of Energy and Climate Change
Policy under President Obama. “With a history of leadership on the
international stage and a commitment to protecting public health,
Hillary Clinton is the leader we need to meet the climate crisis
head-on.”
Clinton has pledged that by 2027 the U.S. will generate
enough renewable energy to power every home (roughly 33% of US energy).
She also pledged that by the end of her first term there would be more
than 500 million solar panels installed across the country, a 700%
increase from 2014 levels. Her energy plan will incentivize investment
in renewable energy sources by increasing the number of government
grants for clean energy, extending federal clean energy tax incentives
and expanding renewable energy on public lands. She is also opposed to
the dirty and dangerous Keystone XL pipeline and offshore drilling in
the Arctic Ocean.
This is the earliest presidential endorsement
in the history of LCV Action Fund. Until today, the earliest endorsement
was of John Kerry in January of 2004. The Political Committee of LCV’s
Board of Directors reviewed questionnaires and conducted in-person
interviews with each pro-environment candidate—and the full Board of
Directors voted to endorse Secretary Clinton following a recommendation
from the Political Committee. LCV will now launch its Greenroots
program to mobilize members in early primary states to volunteer for
Secretary Clinton’s campaign.
Clinton will also now be featured on LCV Action Fund’s GiveGreen website, http://www.givegreen.com, the only bundling website devoted exclusively to raising money for environmental champions and candidates.
The
League of Conservation Voters Action Fund (LCVAF), the connected
federal political action committee (PAC) of the League of Conservation
Voters, works to elect candidates who will implement sound environmental
laws and policies, and defeat those who stand in the way of progress.
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