Conservation group backs Courtney, Norwich Bulletin: April 22, 2008
Using Earth Day weekend as a backdrop, the League of Conservation Voters endorsed U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, for re-election Monday.
The league, a national organization that publishes scorecards rating members of Congress on their environmental records, cited Courtney’s score of 95 percent as a key reason for its endorsement.
The announcement was made along the Salmon River. Courtney talked about recent efforts in Congress designed to improve conservation.
“America’s future is clean energy,” he said. “That means developing real policies for energy independence using renewable fuel sources, biofuels, conservation, and efficiency. We can get there through leadership and through policies that are created for the public interest, not the special interests.”
Gary Bogli of the Connecticut River Salmon Association, which helps schoolchildren raise and release salmon eggs into local rivers, said conservation efforts benefit local rivers.
“They’re the lifeblood of the living,” Bogli said.
