Erickson, who has campaigned as a pro-life candidate since at least 2006, drove his pregnant girlfriend to an Portland abortion clinic and paid for her to have an abortion

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