The UnBushes and the Environment
Cruz, Graham, Paul, Rubio & West are all equally hostile to environmental protection.
My post last week discussed Jeb Bush’s environmental record. At this point, there’s something of a free-for-all among candidates hoping to emerge as the Bush alternative – the UnBushes. Five of the remaining candidates announced or likely candidates have served in Congress, so they have scores from the League of Conservation Voters. Some of them are considered more moderate than others, but they all have essentially the same scores:
| 2014 Score | Lifetime Score | |
| Ted Cruz | 0% | 11% |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 11% |
| Rand Paul | 0% | 9% |
| Marco Rubio | 0% | 9% |
| Allen West | — | 13% |
It’s remarkable how uniform the anti-environmental orthodoxy of the Republican party seems to be these days. Lindsey Graham is considered too moderate to have a realistic shot at the nomination, while West is way to the Right. But they’ve essentially got the same environmental records.
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Not getting what were the parameters to measure these scores (their lifetime scores), and why their lifetime is only the 5 and a half month ?
Elaborations could have helped me to understand that what is that is this page is talking about, anyway now I’ll be following the upcoming updates in order to understand other legal updates.
Dan, now that summer is here, I hope that UC professors and scholars will take the time to figure out how and mplement ways to save our civilization and long-term quality of life for our newest generations.