From The League of Conservation Voters.

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> This just in from the League of Conservation Voters,

> folks ~~~ Go to

> their website to get the full details....

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> League of Conservation Voters

 

> This week the GOP approved its environmental and

> energy platforms -- an

> elaborately worded facade concealing plans for

> another four years of

> corporate giveaways at the expense of our health,

> safety and environment.

 

> While the platform is full of sugarcoated phrases

> and cynical lip

> service, the real record of the two oilmen heading

> up the GOP ticket

> reflects the corporate polluters and other special

> interests, like

> Halliburton, who stand to benefit tremendously from

> the Bush energy

> policy.

> With the barrage of double-speak and misinformation

> coming from the

> platform at Madison Square Garden this week, we

> thought it would be

> helpful to put all the facts about the Bush

> environmental record in one

> place: http://www.envirovictory.org/bushrecord

 

> Here's the reality: Dick Cheney crafted an energy

> policy behind closed doors with energy industry

lobbyists and executives. The product was

> a proposal that even Bush supporter Sen. John McCain

> describes as the " leave no lobbyist behind " bill.

> That legislation provides nearly $100 billion in

> giveaways to corporations and pork barrel projects

that reward Bush campaign contributors. Instead of

reducing dependence on foreign oil, the Bush

> energy policy actually increases it by seeking to

> halt improvements in fuel efficiency.

 

> The GOP platform actually talks a lot about

> protecting our oceans and air and makes commitments

to stop global warming and protect endangered

> species. It is too bad that it has nothing to do

> with the reality of Bush policy. The platform passed

at the convention is pure rhetoric.

> Here is the Bush record:

> http://www.envirovictory.org/bushrecord

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