Sunday, May 3, 2015

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Ted Poe, Texas's 2nd Congressional District


Photo sourceU.S. Congress
Text sourceU.S. Congressman Ted Poe

Tea Party Caucus member Poe was re-elected to a 6th term in 2014 with 68% of the vote. 

Required reading for Rep. Poe and the constituents in his gerrymandered Harris County district.

What Climate Change Means for Texas in 11 Charts.  (Texas Observer, 5/8/2014)
The new federal climate assessment, which came out Tuesday, tells us what we (should) already know. But does it in great and alarming detail, linking what’s already occurred to what else is in store. In short: Climate change is here. We’re already feeling the effects. And things will get much worse without a concerted effort to reduce emissions globally.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article13852676.html#storylink=cpy
5% lifetime rating (3% in 2014) from the League of Conservation Voters.

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No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one world:  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.” 
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