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JEANNE SHAHEEN RECEIVES SIERRA CLUB ENDORSEMENT
April 24, 2008 - 5:33pmRelease Date: Apr 24 2008
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April 24, 2008
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JEANNE SHAHEEN RECEIVES SIERRA CLUB ENDORSEMENT
(Concord, NH) —Former Governor and current US Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen today received the Sierra Club's endorsement for U.S. Senate. The Sierra Club is America's oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization and consists of more than 700,000 members nationwide. The group endorsed Shaheen because of her strong leadership on environmental issues and commitment to finding smart energy solutions.
"I am honored to be here today and grateful to have the support of the Sierra Club," Shaheen said. "We need leadership in Washington that understands the urgency of our environmental situation and the need for green policies.
"Together, we can take our country in a new direction and ensure that we leave our children a cleaner planet than the one we inherited. I am thrilled to have the endorsement of the Sierra Club and look forward to working side-by-side with them to help ensure we enact smart environmental policies."
"Given Governor Shaheen's excellent record on important environmental issues as Governor of New Hampshire, the decision was not a difficult one," said James Allmendinger, Co-Chair of the Political Committee of the New Hampshire Sierra Club. "Moreoever, during our screening process, Governor Shaheen demonstrated a depth of knowledge of and a sensitivity to the very significant environmental issues facing our country at this very critical crossroad."Shaheen was also endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters in February.
As Governor, Jeanne Shaheen set a new energy course for New Hampshire by developing the state's first comprehensive energy plan. She established a State Building Energy Conservation Initiative that lowered the State's energy costs and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 37 million pounds a year. She brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass first-in-the-nation legislation requiring power plants to reduce emissions of four pollutants – nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide, carbon dioxide and mercury. Energy efficiency programs initiated by the Shaheen administration have saved New Hampshire families and businesses almost $400 million and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by millions of tons.
Under Gov. Shaheen's leadership, New Hampshire created the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, which works with communities to preserve the state's open spaces and historic places. She successfully pushed for laws increasing water conservation and improving the safety and reliability of New Hampshire's water supplies. In her last year in office she signed legislation preserving the largest contiguous undeveloped land left in New Hampshire.
For more information, please visit www.JeanneShaheen.org.
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