Posted on 10/28/2014 2:12:37 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Environmental groups are on track to spend more than $85 million on key races this year, more than ever before, according to an internal memo.
The record spending comes as green groups are worried about the fate of the Senate and the future of President Obama’s climate agenda, which they say is crucial to helping the U.S. and other nations curb greenhouse gas emissions and stave off disastrous climate impacts.
A memo circulated among five of the nation’s top environmental organizations, and provided to The Hill, summarizes in detail the plan hatched by the groups to put climate change on top as a key issue.
The five green groups — the Environmental Defense Action Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund, the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club and billionaire Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate — shared spending plans in the internal memo, which was first reported on by The Washington Post.
The memo states the climate groups have worked to execute a “high level strategy” to “raise more money than ever before” for pro-climate candidates, reach more voters than ever before and spend in targeted races.
“We are on track to spend more than $85 million overall including more than $40 million in just six Senate races,” the document states.
Out of those six Senate races, the groups have spent the most in Sen. Mark Udall’s (D-Colo.) reelection bid, totaling roughly $12.1 million. They have spent the second most in Rep. Bruce Braley’s (D) Senate bid in Iowa, totaling $7.2 million.
The groups have also spent $6.6 million on Rep. Gary Peters (D) in Michigan, $4 million on Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) in New Hampshire, $2.4 million for Sen. Kay Hagan’s (D) reelection in North Carolina and $1.9 million on Sen. Mark Begich (D) in Alaska.
“In each of these races, our groups are among the biggest, if not the biggest, spender on behalf of the pro-environment candidate,” the memo states.
NextGen Climate spokeswoman Heather Wong told the Post that the group, founded by Steyer in 2013, has spent a little over $50 million in both state and congressional races as of Oct. 20.
That puts NextGen in front as the biggest spender among the climate groups this election cycle. The League of Conservation Voters comes in second as it is poised to spend $25 million on campaigns.
In the document, the groups described the climate push this year as the “biggest and most sophisticated electoral effort ever” for pro-climate organizations.
“The era of climate science denial will soon come to a close, and voters will demand leadership from their elected officials on this pressing threat,” the document states.
“Whatever the outcome on November 4th, all of the momentum is on the side of climate groups and candidates who want to act.”
Is there any way we can get them to piss more of their money away on these losers?
What fun it is to watch these jokers make utter fools of themselves. They deserve all the ridicule they can get.
What a wonderful way to get them to waste all those well intentioned grant dollars. They should continue to do this until they run out of other people’s money.
Basically, the $85 million paid for five consultants work for one month, twenty radio ad’s per state (probably on classical music channels), and a state-by-state-vegetarian candidate mix-and-greet episode. That dispensed the capital in less than six weeks.
If they had aimed the whole thing at one state....like Arkansas....it might have made a difference. But that’s not the gimmick.
In the document, the groups described the climate push this year as the "biggest and most sophisticated electoral effort ever" for pro-climate organizations.Oh, look, a new label. "Pro-climate."
I've been polled this year, more times than ever before. Mostly about the state governor's race, but once in awhile, I'm asked a set of "climate" questions. The first question is to rank the importance of climate change on a scale. I answer, well, climate change happens, see the dust bowl. If you were a farmer in the midwest during the dust bowl, then climate change would be very very important.
Where I live, the land was under a mile or two of ice, then the climate changed, and now we aren't under ice. The climate changes. People have to adapt. I go on to say that as a political issue, I view it as a scam operated by charlatans and liars. As a political issue, I rate it ZERO.
Anyway, now I suppose I am supposed to be ashamed for being anti-climate, whatever that means. When it comes to climate, I'm pro-choice.
Yes. A new socialist/communist buzz word.
And it means Pro-regulation, heavier taxation, crony capitalism = continued erosion of our freedom, a stagnant to constricted economy, with the government picking winners and losers using our shrinking taxed dollars.
True in Europe, and a new generation of socialists is being raised here in the US.
Today the climate, tomorrow the world!
I have never met an environmentalist that was conservative in any way; this post-Christian paganism is designed to siphon off white votes from Republican candidates.
(BTW, I’ve never met a brown or black environmentalist, either.)
Sure; look at the party affiliations where they are spending the money (all Dems).
Where's the IRS?
Remember, the “Greens” are just recycling your tax dollars that have been funneled to them through various means.
“The era of climate science denial will soon come to a close, and voters will demand leadership from their elected officials on this pressing threat,”
Sounds like the are looking forward to abusing power.
Greens to spend record $85M in midterms [”climate science denial will soon come to a close”]
Which climate science? The one of 20-25 years ago that claimed the new ice age was coming or the one the one the last few years claiming global warming and the end to humanity or the current scaled down version simply claiming “climate change” is going to destroy us even though the climate has changed every day since the beginning of time?
Global warming fools on parade, and an expensive parade at that...
They’ve reached the foot stamping stage of the argument...
And the money comes from???
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