Kurt Schrader, an Oregon state senator, veterinarian, Willamette Valley farmer, and Democratic candidate for Congress is now considered the favorite to win Oregon's 5th District -- the only competitive district in Oregon for either party. If he wins as predicted, he will beat a self-funded multimillionaire Republican who lost the same race in 2006 -- and who pooh-poohs climate change. (And who appears to have a Michelle Bachmann level of self-destructiveness).
This page on Schrader's website is fairly generic, but it does emphasize biomass, which is always an applause line in the district. (Oregon's capital is in Salem, in Marion County, still the number one ag county in the state -- insert joke about never-ending source of fertilizer here.)
If Schrader wins, Gristies should know that he comes into office with copies of Joe Romm's Hell and High Water, and Gar Lipow's Cooling It, both handed to him personally at a meet-and-greet event sponsored by the Oregon League of Conservation Voters about six months ago.
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Biodiversivist Posted 1:41 am
26 Oct 2008
On the other hand, his constituents were probably from the left side of the bell curve to start with.
Kurt fought for Oregon's "25 by 2025" legislation which requires Oregon's largest utilities to receive 25% of their electricity from new, homegrown renewable energy sources by 2025 (2007, SB 838).
Kurt worked hard to provide tax-incentives to individuals who use bio-diesel and ethanol based fuels (2007, HB 2210).
Under Kurt's leadership, as Co-Chair of Oregon's Ways & Means Committee, the Legislature increased their investment in renewable energy research.
Two steps forward, one step backward. You might also hand him copies of all of the studies showing that biodiesel and corn ethanol are worse for global warming than the fuels they're displacing (canola 70%, corn 50%).
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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