Given the sizable contributions from industries that only worsen the global warming crisis, it’s no surprise that Pearce chooses to keep his head in the sand when it comes to global warming.
Pearce wants to let automakers set emissions standards, and – in spite of overwhelming scientific evidence – says he still “doesn’t know” whether global warming exists.
Pearce voted to give $14 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies to the global warming pollution-producing energy industries.
When he had an opportunity to help fight global warming in 2007 with his vote on H.R. 6, Pearce stood with corporate polluters and their lobbyists and voted against repealing billions in subsidies to energy companies.
Pearce voted against legislation that would increase fuel efficiency standards and make cars and light trucks go farther on a gallon of gas.
Pearce voted against the environment on 20 out of 20 related bills in the 109th Congress. He earned a zero percent score for 2005 and a zero percent score for 2006 in the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund scorecard.
Pearce, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, voted in June 2007 against legislation to help combat global warming and protect wildlife from its impacts.”
