Truth on Brown: He's an anti-environmentalist
Congressman Henry "Pyro" Brown must be scared.
Maybe that's why he's attempting to wrap himself these days in the shroud of environmentalism. His new TV ad is the worst and most painful example of pure political pandering we've seen in a long time. This new TV ad suggests he's a leader on energy policy and tries to make him look green by using images of wind turbines in the background. T. Boone Pickens would be appalled.
In reality, Henry Brown is an anti-environmentalist oil boy. He might be trying to fool voters that he's green, but he's full of brown.
Just look at some recent votes that highlight Brown's abysmal environmental and energy record:
Congressman Henry "Pyro" Brown must be scared.
Maybe that's why he's attempting to wrap himself these days in the shroud of environmentalism. His new TV ad is the worst and most painful example of pure political pandering we've seen in a long time. This new TV ad suggests he's a leader on energy policy and tries to make him look green by using images of wind turbines in the background. T. Boone Pickens would be appalled.
In reality, Henry Brown is an anti-environmentalist oil boy. He might be trying to fool voters that he's green, but he's full of brown.
Just look at some recent votes that highlight Brown's abysmal environmental and energy record:
- Big oil contributions. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Brown has accepted $38,100 from the oil and gas industry since elected.
- Voted against renewables. In February of this year, he voted against the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act, a bill for invested resources into wind, solar, and geothermal energy systems (2/27/08, Vote 84.) In 2007, Brown voted against legislation to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, develop innovative new technologies, reduce carbon emissions, create green jobs, protect consumers, increase clean renewable energy production and modernize our energy infrastructure. (8/4/07, Vote 832)
- Voted for fossil fuels. Last year, Brown voted against a measure that would have required an improvement in automobile efficiency standards, which would reduce the nation's dependence on fossil fuels. (12/6/07, Vote 1140). In fact, the measure called for power companies to use a lot more of renewable energy and set better energy efficiency standards.
posted by About Henry Brown @ 10:21 AM
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