Monday, January 26, 2015

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Mike Bishop, Michigan's 8th Congressional District


Photo sourceU.S. Congress
Text sourceMichigan Liberal

Rep. Bishop was elected to his first term with 54.6% of the vote. 

Recommended reading for Rep. Bishop and the constituents of his Lansing to Rochester Hill district.

Preparing for the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change.  (Michigan Department of Community Health.)
  • Rising incidence of certain infectious diseases and outbreaks of new diseases not currently endemic to Michigan. 
  • Increasing number of disease vectors and appearance of new vectors not currently known in Michigan. 
  • Degradation of food safety and security and food supply. 
  • Incresed nunber of heat-related illness and death.

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
Louisiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maine Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans in Massachusetts delegation.
Michigan Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

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