CO-Senate: Udall Damages Pro-Environment Credentials

Taylor Shelton — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:45:40 +0000

From the outset of his congressional career and more recent run for the vacant U.S. Senate seat left by two-term Republican Wayne Allard, Colorado Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO 2nd) has posed in front of wind turbines and attempted to continue the association of the Udall family with the environmental movement (Mark’s father was Morris Udall, Arizona congressman, ‘76 presidential contender, renowned environmentalist and namesake to the Udall Scholarship).

Udall, in his nine years in the House of Representatives, has cast just a single vote contrary to the League of Conservation Voters established position on any number of environmental issues (Udall’s only strike was his 2007 Farm Bill vote). He has consistently promoted the development of wind and solar energy to counteract the environmental damage of fossil fuels. More recently, however, Udall has waffled on his longstanding commitment to the environment, throwing in his lot with the “Gang of 10″. This is an important development because Udall has, until now, been known as part of the staunch opposition to offshore drilling. The “Gang of 10″, of course, are promoting increased domestic oil, gas and nuclear energy production as the solution to America’s energy crisis

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CO-Senate: Udall Damages Pro-Environment Credentials