Representative Charlie Melancon found himself on a list of House Democrats that could swing votes away from the American Clean Energy & Security Act. The Huffington Post linked to a story from Grist.org that composed the list they call the Carbon 9. From the article:
They’re all Democrats and all men. The nine mostly rural districts they represent are among the country’s most economically reliant on fossil fuels; their districts’ per-capita carbon emissions are, on average, more than three times higher than the national median. (This doesn’t mean people in those districts use more power than average folk, only that the industries located in those districts are carbon-intensive.)Read more here
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