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Roses are Red, Campaigns Should be Green?

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007   

Candidates trekking through Iowa and New Hampshire are being asked to not leave "footprints" - pollution footprints, that is. Peter Lehner (LAY-ner) with the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund says campaigns can generate a lot of greenhouse gas pollution, and they're being asked to off-set that pollution by using hybrid vehicles, compact
fluorescent light bulbs and recycled materials.


Politics can be dirty business - and this Valentine's Day, candidates are being asked to clean things up in Iowa....literally. Peter Lehner with the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund says candidates crisscrossing the state this year are being asked to take a stand against global warming by setting an example with their campaign. He says there are some simple things that can be done. For one thing, campaigns could make a big statement by the type of vehicles used...


"In Iowa a candidate can use hybrid vehicles and flex fuel vehicles. A flex fuel vehicle is one that can use
ethanol as well as gasoline."

For pollution that's unavoidable, like flying, he says candidates can purchase "carbon credits" that can be used to invest in clean energy technologies, and use the opportunity to be leaders on the climate change
issue...


"They can obviously speak about climate change and the importance of strong action at the state and federal level
but they can also act individually in their case, in how they run their campaign."

Lehner says global warming is a problem that crosses party lines, and all Presidential candidates have been issued the challenge.




clean energy technologies.

The presidential candidates crisscrossing Iowa this year are being asked to take a stand against global warming by setting an example with their campaign. Craig Lewis reports.

Peter Lehner is at 202-513-6240, he has a copy of the letters sent to candidates, asking them to run "green" campaigns.





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