Gene Karpinski is the President of the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), which works to turn environmental values into national priorities. More information on LCV and its work can be found at www.lcv.org

Blog Entries by Gene Karpinski

The Race Is On for Clean Energy

Posted October 29, 2009 | 03:32 PM (EST)


This week the Obama administration took up the clean energy baton and called for the U.S. to get in the race to become a world leader in clean energy.

The statements by the President, Vice President and top officials all echoed the same message: America must transition to a clean...

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Momentum, Momentum, Momentum

4 Comments | Posted October 8, 2009 | 06:27 PM (EST)


This week, 25 Executive Directors from state conservation voter organizations descended on Capitol Hill to lobby their members of Congress on comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation. The organizations have worked to pass innovative energy policies in their states for years and they know that now is the time for...

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With Climate Provisions, Energy Bill Will Fuel a New Sustainable Economy

4 Comments | Posted September 21, 2009 | 04:38 PM (EST)


American ingenuity has powered us through challenging times. From winning world wars to the moon and back, it truly is the most renewable resource this nation has. Now, we must use it to fuel another great effort. Our current economic crisis is entwined with the way we power society; dealing...

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Labor Day 2009: Protect the American Worker with a Clean Energy Economy

27 Comments | Posted September 5, 2009 | 01:01 PM (EST)


In one of life's cruel ironies, this year's Labor Day coincides with unemployment at its highest in 25 years. But it also represents an opportunity to re-emphasize the importance of the American worker and the future we must provide for our workforce.

Last month, unemployment rose to 9.7%, the...

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California Fires Show Devastating Risks Posed by Global Warming

Posted October 24, 2007 | 09:18 PM (EST)


Our thoughts and prayers are with those displaced by the devastating California Wildfires. The firefighters and other first responders have been doing remarkable work assisting the nearly one million Americans who have been evacuated from the advance of the flames.

But even as we care for those in the wake...

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Political Donors Organize To Raise Global Warming in '08

Posted September 29, 2007 | 07:39 PM (EST)


As President Bush holds day two of his photo-op on global warming with the world's biggest polluters, the climate crisis is center stage. Yet instead of relying on the hot air of our current president to actually move forward on solutions to global warming, here at LCV, all eyes are...

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Who Will Be Our First Green President?

Posted September 5, 2007 | 06:24 PM (EST)


As the presidential candidates begin to turn up the heat on their campaigns post Labor Day, the League of Conservation Voters has released its 2008 Democratic Presidential Profiles, the environmental community's premier questionnaire for the '08 candidates.

Most Americans agree that global warming is one of the greatest challenges...

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Oil Slick Seven

Posted June 14, 2006 | 10:48 PM (EST)


Reflecting America's disgust with members of Congress cozying up to Big Oil while energy prices soar and simple solutions go untried, we at the League of Conservation Voters this week unveiled the next seven members of our 2006 "Dirty Dozen," an aptly named group if there ever was one.

Our...

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Bush's Tired Response to our Energy Problem

Posted April 25, 2006 | 06:24 PM (EST)


President Bush's remarks today are a reflection of the sparse options available to an administration beholden to -- and in many cases one-time employees of -- the very corporations they talk about. We cannot drill our way to lower prices, and further polluting our air and shoveling more tax breaks...

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Exxpose Exxon

Posted February 2, 2006 | 02:28 PM (EST)


One month after assuming the top job at ExxonMobil, CEO Rex Tillerson has outdone his predecessor Lee Raymond by announcing the largest corporate profit in U.S. history -- $36 billion in 2005. In a twist of irony, this record-breaking year for the world's largest oil company coincides with the warmest...

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Exxon: Toasting the Earth

Posted January 30, 2006 | 05:45 PM (EST)


One month after assuming the top job at ExxonMobil, CEO Rex Tillerson has outdone his predecessor Lee Raymond by announcing the largest corporate profit in U.S. history--$36 billion in 2005. In a twist of irony, this record-breaking year for the world's largest oil company coincides with the warmest year on...

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ExxposeExxon.com: Staging an Intervention

Posted July 18, 2005 | 01:54 PM (EST)


One would expect ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, to be preoccupied with oil. Unlike some of its competitors, however, ExxonMobil seems to be an oil addict—working to drill to the last drop—and an oil pusher, eager to keep America hooked as well.

It’s easy to understand the high...

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