Election 2006: Are the 2006 Election Results Good for the Environment?
Election 2006: Are the 2006 Election Results Good for the Environment? Wednesday November 8, 2006 #spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) According to most political pundits, the war in Iraq was the primary issue that galvanized American voters in the 2006 mid-term election and gave the Democrats control of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate–for at least the final two years of the Bush presidency. Even so, the environment played a larger than usual role for both candidates and voters in this election. Never have so many candidates, of both major parties, at every levellocal, state and nationalrun on energy and environmental issues. Photo courtesy of Kenn Kiser Voters’ Energy and Environmental Concerns Grew Steadily Voter concerns about rising gasoline prices deepened during the 2006 campaign season into serious doubts about the current U.S. energy policy and the lack of responsible leadership on critical energy and environmental issues, rangi
