Comments on: Dingell’s Supporters Backed By Pollution Industry http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/10/dingell-pollution-money/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: cargocult http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/10/dingell-pollution-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 cargocult Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:09:16 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/10/dingell-pollution-money/#comment-2848 Not only that, Dingell's biggest lifetime supporter is the electric utilites industry, which relies on coal for over 50% of their output. They don't want to be forced to close down coal plants and build wind turbines, solar PV systems, and energy-balancing smart grids - even though it would generate thousands of jobs - it's your basic fear of change. Dingell's lifetime contributions from fossil fuel-related sectors (opensecrets): directly related: Electric Utilities - $1,169,547 Automotive - $897,915 Oil & Gas - $394,591 indirectly related: Lobbyists - $538,687 Securities & Investment - $510,779 Dingell is one of the main reasons that nothing ever came of the Democrat's 2006 election promises - they were going to remove the fossil fuel subsidies and pass a "Clean Energy Jobs Bill" - and their failure to do so is why Congress had even lower ratings than Bush did. Dingell used his committe chair to sabotage and water down clean energy legislation - he should definitely go. Not only that, Dingell’s biggest lifetime supporter is the electric utilites industry, which relies on coal for over 50% of their output. They don’t want to be forced to close down coal plants and build wind turbines, solar PV systems, and energy-balancing smart grids – even though it would generate thousands of jobs – it’s your basic fear of change.

Dingell’s lifetime contributions from fossil fuel-related sectors (opensecrets):
directly related:
Electric Utilities – $1,169,547
Automotive – $897,915
Oil & Gas – $394,591
indirectly related:
Lobbyists – $538,687
Securities & Investment – $510,779

Dingell is one of the main reasons that nothing ever came of the Democrat’s 2006 election promises – they were going to remove the fossil fuel subsidies and pass a “Clean Energy Jobs Bill” – and their failure to do so is why Congress had even lower ratings than Bush did. Dingell used his committe chair to sabotage and water down clean energy legislation – he should definitely go.

]]> By: Vanessa Williamson http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/10/dingell-pollution-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2842 Vanessa Williamson Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:27:32 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/10/dingell-pollution-money/#comment-2842 Given that 25% of children in Rangel's district have asthma, a problem dramatically worsened by the traffic fumes in Harlem, you'd think Rangel would be better than this... Given that 25% of children in Rangel’s district have asthma, a problem dramatically worsened by the traffic fumes in Harlem, you’d think Rangel would be better than this…

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