Wednesday, December 17, 2014

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Raul Labrador, Idaho's 1st Congressional District


  Photo sourceU.S. Congress
Text sourceNBC News


People for the American Way included Labrador on its 2010 list of "The 10 Scariest Republicans Heading to Congress".

Idaho Shifts Policy, Behavior in Response to Climate Change.  (Idaho Statesman, 8/3/2014)

It doesn't appear that Raul was in attendance.
Boise law firm Holland and Hart held a workshop for its Idaho clients and lawmakers last week where scientists and policymakers examined how the state can reduce the effects of warmer winters, earlier runoffs and increased wildfires.

No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word:  coal.  Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13.  The state's peak year of production:  1990)  
Alaska Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
  • At-large District.  Don Young (R).   Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” 
 Arizona Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Arkansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
California Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Colorado Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans hail from Connecticut and Delaware. 
Florida Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Georgia's Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Idaho's Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
  • 1st District.  Raul Labrador (R).    According to this list, one of the scariest. 

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