NCLCV and Conservation PAC In the News
Feb 13, 2012
News & Views
Dan Crawford of the NC League of Conservation Voters was a guest on Policy Watch’s News & Views radio show to discuss the 2011 Legislative Scorecard.
Feb 11, 2012
Salisbury Post
In its 2011 National Environmental Scorecard, the League of Conservation Voters gave a perfect score to one senator from North Carolina and a single-digit grade to the other.
Feb 10, 2012
Asheville Citizen Times
10th District Republican candidate Ken Fortenberry called U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry’s record on the environment “dismal” after reading a post on this blog about a low rating given the congressman by the N.C. League of Conservation Voters.
Feb 9, 2012
The Franklin Press
The North Carolina League of Conservation Voters recently gave North Carolina's Legislature the lowest score it has received since the League started issuing a yearly scorecard in 1999.
Feb 9, 2012
Washington Daily News
The North Carolina League of Conservation Voters has released a ranking of North Carolina’s congressional delegation in the 2011 National Environmental Scorecard. The scorecard, compiled by the National League of Conservation Voters, differs widely in its assessment of the environmental voting records of the state’s two U.S. senators and 13 House members.
Feb 8, 2012
Asheville Citizen Times
U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, the congressman for the 10th District, which now includes most of Asheville, ranked low on an environmental scorecard released today by the N.C. League of Conservation Voters.
Feb 7, 2012
Charlotte Business Journal
NCLCV and LCV have released the 2011 National Environmental Scorecard that rates how the state’s congressional delegation fared in regard to voting on air and water regulations.
Feb 7, 2012
Mountain Xpress
North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry received a low score for his environmental votes by the League of Conservation Voters. The Republican represents the 10th District, which was redrawn last year to encompass most of the city of Asheville.
Jan 21, 2012
Richmond County Daily Journal
On a scorecard just released by the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, the average pro-conservation score in the state House was 43 percent, down from 67 percent last year. The Senate’s average score was 27, down from 69 last year. They are the lowest scores since the group’s first scorecard in 1999.
Jan 11, 2012
Winston-Salem Journal
Environmental protection is about saving lives, reducing illness and protecting our beautiful state, concepts lost on a legislature that, in 2011, earned historically low scores from the N.C. League of Conservation Voters.
Jan 10, 2012
News & Observer
The N.C. League of Conservation Voters said the last session of the legislature had the worst score on environmental issues since they began keeping scorecards in 1999.
Jan 10, 2012
Public News Service
North Carolina lawmakers get a failing grade for their lack of effort to protect the environment in 2011. On a scorecard just released by the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters (NCLCV), the average pro-conservation score in the House was 43 percent, down from 67 percent last year. The Senate's average score was 27, down from 69 last year. They are the lowest scores since the group's first scorecard in 1999.
Jan 10, 2012
Salisbury Post
An environmental advocacy group gave low marks to Rowan County’s three state legislators in its conservation scorecard released Monday.
Jan 9, 2012
Charlotte Business Journal
Last year’s session of the North Carolina General Assembly was the worst on record when it comes to environmental legislation, the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters contends.
Jan 9, 2012
Mountain Xpress
The North Carolina League of Conservation Voters scored Buncombe County's legislators on their environmental votes for 2011. Rep. Patsy Keever ranked among the most "green" members of the Statehouse, and Rep. Tim Moffitt among the least.
Jan 9, 2012
The Mountain Post
Chuck McGrady, a freshman Republican state representative from Henderson County, outscored the leader of the Democratic minority in the state Senate, Buncombe’s Martin L. Nesbitt, during a year that the North Carolina League of Conservation Voters said was the worst for environmental issues in the last 12 years.
Jan 7, 2012
News & Observer
The N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources produced the "State of the Environment" to show legislators, public agencies and the public how well the state is protecting its water, air and land. Our Dan Crawford was quoted in this article from the N&O in regard to the report.
Nov 11, 2011
The Open Press
Nancy McFarlane, president of MedPro Rx, Inc. (http://www.medprorx.com) has announced that Ron McFarlane, chief operating officer for MedPro Rx, Inc., a Raleigh-based specialty pharmaceutical company, has been named a board member for the North Carolina League of Conservative Voters (formerly Conservation Council of NC), a pragmatic, non-partisan advocacy organization working statewide to protect, preserve, and enhance the quality of life for North Carolina citizens.
Nov 11, 2011
The Herald Weekly
The North Carolina League of Conservation Voters recently appointed Cornelius resident Joel Olsen as one of the eight new board members of its Board of Directors.
Oct 19, 2011
Wilmington Star News
Nina Szlosberg-Landis of the League of Conservation Voters wrote an op-ed for the Wilmington Star-News on the failure of Congress – and more particularly, the North Carolina delegation – to support clean air legislation.
