Election 2016 – US Congressional endorsements

For US Congress, the Rio Grande Sierra Club endorses two incumbents who have stood up for the environment and one challenger.

In District 1, Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham has amassed a solid environmental voting record, and she opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would allow corporations to challenge environmental laws and regulations as expropriations of their profits before unaccountable arbitration panels consisting of corporate trade lawyers.

In District 3 (northern and eastern NM), Rep. Ben Ray Luján has been a climate champion since his tenure as a Public Regulations Commissioner, requiring utilities to produce more renewable energy and distribute energy-efficient light bulbs. Luján serves on the Natural Resources Committee and is an outspoken advocate for resource protection. Luján has an excellent 95% record of pro-environment voting, according to the League of Conservation Voters.

In District 2 (southern NM), Merrie Lee Soules is an engineer who has intervened as a citizen in utility cases at the Public Regulation Commission to require utilities to comply with renewable-energy requirements and keep rates fair for consumers. Soules is challenging one of Congress’s worst polluter advocates, Steve Pearce.

 

 

 

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