Gene Karpinski became President of the League of Conservation Voters in 2006, after spending 21 years as Executive Director of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in Washington, D.C. To secure the environmental future of our planet, LCV’s mission is to advocate for sound environmental policies and to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt and implement such policies. In 2006 alone, LCV helped re-elect 8 of 9 Environmental Champions and defeated 9 out of 13 of its “Dirty Dozen” list.

Blog Entries by Gene Karpinski

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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