League of Conservation Voters

The Oscars of the Political World: LCV Scores a POLLIE!

With all the Academy Award buzz in the air, the League of Conservation Voters was pleased to discover that we had been awarded two POLLIEs - the Oscars of the political world.   

LCV won a Silver POLLIE award for our Pombo Mambo ad in the Independent Expenditure Campaign/Issue Advocacy/ 527: U.S. House Category.

We also picked up a Bronze POLLIE for the Dirty Dozen Oil Slick Seven campaign in the Membership Political Mail Category.  In addition, LCV also received an honorable mention for our Dirty Dozen logo.

The POLLIE Awards were created by the American Association of Political Consultants to recognize the best of the best in political advertising.  For the full list of POLLIE Award Winners, click here.

- Kristin Lee

International Climate Experts Release Report on Global Warming

Once again, the again the world's leading climate experts are making it clear that the next occupant of the White House will need to tackle global warming to reclaim a hopeful and secure future.

Today, world-renowned climate experts released a major report with further evidence that global warming is definitely occurring and humans are the cause. The International Panel on Climate Change report was compiled by hundreds of peer-reviewed scientists and representatives of 113 governments.

This report is further proof that global warming is real, it's being caused by human activity, and it's not going away. From drowning polar bears to record-breaking temperatures, the evidence is undeniable. Now it's time to turn up the heat on the need to cool down our planet.

We know we have the solutions now to solve this challenge, and our next president will be the one to implement them here at home.

To learn more about the IPCC report, click here

To see one of many news articles on this, click here.

- Katie Rodriguez and Kristin Lee

Al Gore Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

This has been quite a month for Al Gore. Last week, "An Inconvenient Truth" was nominated for two Academy Awards. Today Al Gore was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.  What award will he be nominated for next?!

Al Gore deserves considerable applause for his efforts to tell the story of global warming in theaters, auditoriums and living rooms across the country and around the world. He spent many lonely days in airports around the country spreading the gospel on why global warming is a problem and what we can do about it.

Thanks in no small part to Al Gore's work, the public now understands that global warming is one of the biggest challenges we'll face in the future. He also helped to elevate the issue and jumpstart the conversation in Congress on global warming solutions. It's so refreshing to see debates about action to combat global warming, rather than debating whether or not it even exists.

From evangelicals to CEO's to scientists, the debate has changed to what plan of action is needed to stop global warming pollution. And for the first time, the majority of 2008 presidential candidates are regularly talking about this important, global problem.

- Kristin Lee