League of
Conservation Voters
The League of Conservation
Voters (LCV) is an American liberal political advocacy organization that assists political
candidates who it believes support a pro-environment
agenda. LCV states that it "advocates for sound environmental laws and
policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and
elects pro-environment candidates."[2] The
organization pursues its goals through voter education, voter mobilization,
and direct contributions to political candidates. LCV includes 30
state affiliates.
LCV was founded in 1969 by environmentalist David Brower. The
group's president is Gene
Karpinski. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Activities
The organization's main activities include tracking voting
records, endorsing or opposing candidates for political office, and financially
contributing to political campaigns.
The organization financially supports political candidates,
most of whom are members of the Democratic Party.[4] According
to the Center for Responsive Politics, LCV was the
top-spending, non-disclosing liberal group in the 2012 election cycle,
investing about $11 million in political advertisements.[5] LCV spent
a total of $36 million in 2012.[6]
LCV tracks the voting records of members of Congress on
environmental issues in its National Environmental Scorecard. The group's
scorecard typically awards considerably higher grades to Democratic lawmakers
than to Republican legislators.[7]
LCV annually names a “Dirty Dozen,” a list of politicians whom
the group aims to defeat because of their voting records on conservation
issues.[1] The
original "Dirty Dozen" list was developed in partnership with Environmental
Action in 1970.[8]
LCV strongly opposed many of President George W. Bush's
environmental policies.[9]
Green Tech Action Fund and the Advocacy Fund are among LCV's donors.[4]
In 2014, LCV and the Natural
Resources Defense Council Action Fund launched LeadingGreen, a joint
initiative to address climate change. In 2015, LeadingGreen was added to the Democracy Alliance's funding
portfolio.
League of
Conservation Voters (LCV)
League
of Conservation Voters is a super
PAC.
Note: America Votes is
a national partner with the League of
Conservation Voters, and the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund.
Cecile Richards
was the founder & president of America
Votes, the president of the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund, and the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Center for American Progress, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-founder for the Institute for New Economic Thinking, was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, a member
of the Democracy Alliance, and the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Climate Reality Project, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
John
D. Podesta is the founder of the Center
for American Progress, was a counselor for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the League of Conservation Voters.
Carol M. Browner
is a director, senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
a director at the Climate Reality
Project, and a director at the League
of Conservation Voters.
Sherwood L.
Boehlert is a director at the Climate
Reality Project, and a director at the League
of Conservation Voters.
Theodore
Roosevelt IV is a director at the Climate
Reality Project, and a director at the League
of Conservation Voters.
Albert
A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate
Reality Project, and his attorney was George
T. Frampton Jr.
George T.
Frampton Jr. was Albert A. Gore Jr’s
attorney, and is a director at the League
of Conservation Voters.
John
H. Adams is a director at the League
of Conservation Voters, and a
trustee at the Natural Resources Defense
Council.
Reality
Coalition is a partner with the League
of Conservation Voters, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Laurance
Rockefeller Jr. is a director at the League
of Conservation Voters, and a
trustee at the Natural Resources Defense
Council.
Robert
Redford is a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and a member of Kappa Sigma.
Ted
Turner is a member of Kappa Sigma,
and Laura Turner Seydel’s father.
Laura Turner
Seydel is Ted Turner’s daughter,
a board member for the Environmental
Working Group, and a director at the League
of Conservation Voters.
Drummond
Pike is a board member at the Environmental
Working Group, a governing board member for the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and was a director at the Democracy Alliance.
George
Soros is a co-founder for the Institute
for New Economic Thinking, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was a member
of the Democracy Alliance.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
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