Inhofe Report Exposes Environmental Groups as ‘Massive Democratic Political Machines’
League of Conservation Voters, The Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Environmental Defense Fund
U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today released an updated comprehensive investigation into the financial and political activities employed by charitable and environmental organizations claiming to be non-partisan. [See today’s updated full report: Political Activity of Environmental Groups and their Supporting Foundations - Previously in 2004 Senator Inhofe released the original report on environmental group funding. See: INHOFE RELEASES DETAILED REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP POLITICAL FUNDRAISING – October 5, 2004]
Weblink to Inhofe’s full 2008 report: Political Activity of Environmental Groups and their Supporting Foundations
Full Text:
Partisan Environmental Groups Senate Floor Statement
by U.S. Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK) September 20, 2008
Mr./Madam President, I rise today to shed some light on a subject that is very important to me, as an American citizen, and as the Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee.
The situation I’m about to discuss reminds me of an old saying: beware of wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing.
Today’s so-called environmental movement can be described in much the same way. Campaigns to “save the cuddly animals” or “protect the ancient forests” are really disguised efforts to raise money for Democratic political campaigns.
League of Conservation Voters
Take this ad for example, displayed on the League of Conservation Voters, or LCV, website. This is LCV’s standard text used to raise money for the nonprofit organization. In turn, LCV takes these donations, given to “save the environment” and uses them to fund ads for Democratic Candidates such as Ben Lujan from New Mexico.
LCV, similar to other groups I’ll highlight later, disguises itself as an environmental group dedicated to saving the environment, yet, as shown by this poli