<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Green candidates claim a number of seats]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Laurence Aurbach http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:58:19 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/1 Whitehouse

In Rhode Island, green voters can celebrate Sheldon Whitehouse's win. They have a senator who has won environmental awards, who led a legal fight to preserve the Clean Air Act, and who supports "the development of clean, alternative energy sources."

Oh, and that Sierra Club endorsement of Chafee? The one where they pledged to lend volunteer strength to Chafee's campaign and said they "look forward to a victory party for the environment on election night and to many more years of Lincoln Chafee fighting for the environment as a U.S. Senator"? How the Club's support made all the difference. Not.

Will the Club see the error in that piece of political triangulation, or will it continue merrily in unprincipled political schemes?

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In Rhode Island, green voters can celebrate Sheldon Whitehouse's win. They have a senator who has won environmental awards, who led a legal fight to preserve the Clean Air Act, and who supports "the development of clean, alternative energy sources."

Oh, and that Sierra Club endorsement of Chafee? The one where they pledged to lend volunteer strength to Chafee's campaign and said they "look forward to a victory party for the environment on election night and to many more years of Lincoln Chafee fighting for the environment as a U.S. Senator"? How the Club's support made all the difference. Not.

Will the Club see the error in that piece of political triangulation, or will it continue merrily in unprincipled political schemes?

]]> Comment #2 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:48:26 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/2 Sierra Club

Right, Laurence, it is not clear what a Sierra Club endorsement really amounts to.

To clarify Kate's report on the race in the Pennsylvania 8th district, in Bucks County, between Patrick Murphy (D) and Michael Fitzpatrick (R), it may be true that Murphy is pro-environment, but Fitzpatrick was endorsed by the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters, according to the linked story in the Inquirer.

One wonders what the 1970s pop music composer John Hall ("Dance With Me" is kind of pretty), in the New York 19th, said or did to earn a Sierra Club endorsement.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

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Right, Laurence, it is not clear what a Sierra Club endorsement really amounts to.

To clarify Kate's report on the race in the Pennsylvania 8th district, in Bucks County, between Patrick Murphy (D) and Michael Fitzpatrick (R), it may be true that Murphy is pro-environment, but Fitzpatrick was endorsed by the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters, according to the linked story in the Inquirer.

One wonders what the 1970s pop music composer John Hall ("Dance With Me" is kind of pretty), in the New York 19th, said or did to earn a Sierra Club endorsement.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> Comment #3 by organicqueso http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:02:04 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/3 Good riddance

I'm just so glad Pombo was ousted. And to see a renewable energy guy replace him! It's just too bad the race was kept out of the headlines as far as I could see last night.

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I'm just so glad Pombo was ousted. And to see a renewable energy guy replace him! It's just too bad the race was kept out of the headlines as far as I could see last night.

]]> Comment #4 by kmp http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:04:22 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/this-house-is-a-home/4 John Hall

I think it was basically his energy policy that garnered him the Sierra Club nod.  Except for the bio-diesel bit, he is saying nearly everything we say here on Gristmill.  Start with efficiency, raise CAFE standards, fund alternative energy, shut down subsidies for nuclear power.

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I think it was basically his energy policy that garnered him the Sierra Club nod.  Except for the bio-diesel bit, he is saying nearly everything we say here on Gristmill.  Start with efficiency, raise CAFE standards, fund alternative energy, shut down subsidies for nuclear power.

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