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League of Conservation Voters Launches Unprecedented Campaign in Florida

The League of Conservation Voters' (LCV) Environmental Victory Project has launched the largest single-state media campaign in the history of environmental activism. The $3 million two week television campaign focuses on the Bush-Cheney links to Big Oil, their support of drilling off Florida's coast, their gift of no-bid contracts to Halliburton and their clear favoritism towards corporate polluters. The campaign is part of LCV's largest-ever presidential campaign effort, which is targeting swing voters in five battleground states. Said LCV president Deb Callahan, "We're launching this massive blitz because Floridians need to be clear about the Bush-Cheney record when they go to the polls in two weeks," Ms. Callahan said. "The stakes are high for our environment and for our country. We believe that this election is coming down to who wins Florida — and we intend to make sure it is John Kerry." LCV notes that in 2001, President Bush supported a plan to allow drilling a mere 30 miles from Pensacola — but this election year he has tried to hide the truth and tell voters of Florida a different story. The Bush-Cheney administration policy has funneled billions in no-bid contracts to Halliburton and pushed policies that would give […]

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