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Wed Feb 10, 2010 at 08:05 AM CST
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| The Texas League of Conservation Voters (TLCV) announced early today they have endorsed Bill White for Governor of Texas. The non-partisan organization supports candidates who are committed to conserving Texas' natural resources.
TLCV Executive Director David Weinberg went into more details about the endorsement.
"For Texans who care about clean air, clean water, and open spaces, the choice couldn't be clearer: Bill White is the only candidate for Governor who voters can count on to make the right decisions to protect Texas. As Mayor of Houston, Bill White showed exemplary leadership in cracking down on polluters, growing park space, and expanding energy efficiency programs. Bill White represents a break from the old politics of damaging our natural resources and putting the public's health at risk, and the Texas League of Conservation Voters gives him our enthusiastic endorsement for Governor in 2010," said Weinberg.
As Houston's mayor, Bill White persuaded the EPA to overhaul their method of calculating pollution emitted from large refining and chemical plants and received the University of Texas HERO award for reducing regional air pollution. He also helped spearhead the coalition of Texas mayors who successfully fought the building of unneeded coal-fired power plants across the state. The Houston Chronicle called White "one of the most aggressive Houston mayors in history on air pollution."
White has said that he simply, "does not believe any person or company has the right to dump tons of cancer-causing chemicals into the air that we all breathe."
White is the former US Deputy Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton and has served as Houston Mayor since 2003. This endorsement helps. After the Democratic debate, Farouk Shami's team has attempted to attack White's environmental credentials. This endorsement should either deflect those attack in part or whole. |
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