Friday, November 28, 2014

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Mike Coffman, Colorado's 6th Congressional District

At this point in the series, I suspect you have already noticed that we have seen quite the parade of white men.  Of the 34 representatives profiled so far, Alabama's Martha Roby is the only woman.

  Photo sourceU.S. Congress
Text sourceThinkProgress

Coffman represents a gerrymandered district north, east, and south of Denver, so his views on the environment need to be somewhat circumspect.

He was re-elected to a 4th term with 52% of the vote. 

None of the committees on which he serves is directly related to environmental issues.

No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word:  coal.  Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13.  The state's peak year of production:  1990)  
Alaska Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
  • At-large District.  Don Young (R).   Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” 
 Arizona Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Arkansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
California Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Colorado Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

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