Wednesday, January 14, 2015

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Andy Barr, Kentucky's 6th Congressional District


Photo sourceU.S. Congress
Text source: 2014 Kentucky Voter Guide

Barr was re-elected to a 2nd term with 60% of the vote.  He's a member of the Republican Study Committee.

Recommended reading for Rep. Barr and the constituents in his eastern Kentucky district.

Climate change: 'We can debate this forever'.  (Cincinnati.com, 10/12/2014)
Coal has completely obscured the climate-change debate in Kentucky, said Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community at the University of Kentucky. 

"Here you've got a planetary issue, an issue that could affect the lives of most of the people on the planet in an adverse way, and the people of Kentucky don't hear a thing about it," Cross said. "Both candidates are so wrapped around the coal industry." 

Yet the coal industry accounts for less then 1 percent of the jobs in the state. And that number keeps dwindling

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 Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Idaho Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Illinois Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Indiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Iowa Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kentucky Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

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