{"id":20472,"date":"2014-10-08T18:53:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T23:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=20472"},"modified":"2014-10-08T18:53:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T23:53:34","slug":"vote-for-jeanne-shaheen-new-hampshire-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/vote-for-jeanne-shaheen-new-hampshire-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote For Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an endorsement by Climate Hawks Vote<\/a>, which I support.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re working our way through scoring Senate Democrats on climate leadership, using the same lodestar that we\u2019ve used on House Democrats: who\u2019s leading on climate by engaging the public? It\u2019s slow going – results might not be final until mid-October or later. However, given the intense interest in certain races, we\u2019re releasing a few scores early. Jeanne Shaheen has earned a high score, and thus our endorsement, for her deep commitment to energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Senator, has earned a very high score on our scorecard, and thus our endorsement. She\u2019s carrying one bill, the Energy Savings & Industrial Competitiveness Act, so we knew she had an interest in energy efficiency. What surprised us in scoring her actions was the depth of her commitment to the issue. She\u2019s stumped for energy efficiency up and down her home state. She\u2019s visited manufacturers, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Ivy League classes, an island historic hotel, and, it seems just about every business in the state to send a message with broad appeal: the energy that is both the cheapest and the cleanest is the energy that isn\u2019t used in the first place. She\u2019s been speaking out on energy efficiency, frequently and consistently, for years. And in doing so, she\u2019s educated and engaged the public on a critical issue with bipartisan appeal.<\/p>\n

If Shaheen were in the House of Representatives, she\u2019d rank among the top half-dozen House Democrats on our tough scorecard. Again, we\u2019re scoring leadership to separate climate hawks from those who might vote the right way but who duck the issue in engaging with the public.<\/p>\n

Shaheen is being challenged by a joke of a Republican who\u2019s flip-flopped as much on climate science as his residency. However, Climate Hawks Vote doesn\u2019t endorse mediocre Democrats who\u2019ll put the climate crisis on the back burner just because they\u2019re fighting bad Republicans. Rather, we selectively endorse only those who demonstrate leadership. Here, Jeanne Shaheen understands the moral imperative of the climate crisis. She\u2019s working with a Republican, Rob Portman (R-OH), to pass a solid bill. She\u2019s earned our endorsement, and she deserves another term in the Senate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an endorsement by Climate Hawks Vote, which I support. We\u2019re working our way through scoring Senate Democrats on climate leadership, using the same lodestar that we\u2019ve used on House Democrats: who\u2019s leading on climate by engaging the public? It\u2019s slow going – results might not be final until mid-October or later. However, given … Continue reading Vote For Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Senate<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[856,2490,1147,859,33],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-5kc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}