The Environment Won in Hawaii Tonight! Brian Schatz Wins Hawaii Democratic Primary For U.S. Senate" [View all]

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Endorsed by President Obama and Al Gore among many others!

Brian Schatz Wins Hawaii Democratic Primary For U.S. Senate



PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) - Incumbent Sen. Brian Schatz beat U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Hawaii late Friday, closing out a tight, emotional race that went into overtime after a tropical storm kept some voters from the polls.

Schatz extended his slim lead, gained in voting across the rest of the state, through a makeup election for more than 8,000 voters in two remote precincts that couldn't cast ballots during Saturday's primary because of blocked roads and power outages.

Hanabusa tried to delay the makeup election to give area residents more time to recover from the storm, but she lost a court challenge.

"I think we worked really hard and our message came through," Schatz said after declaring victory Friday. "We're just thrilled with the election results right now."

The rest of the story..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/16/brian-schatz-wins-primary_n_5683845.html

I posted this in LBN earlier when it hadn't been decided yet..

"Pins and needles here on Kauai.. hoping for the Progressive who is more for our Environment than the corps."

Environmental Organization Endorsements

League of Conservation Voters

Ocean Champions

Sierra Club

http://brianschatz.com/about/endorsements/environmental-organization-endorsements/

Statement on Keystone Pipeline..

Friday, January 31, 2014

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, issued the following statement regarding the State Department’s final supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL pipeline permit application:

“I am certain that encouraging the production of Canadian tar sands – some of the dirtiest oil in the world – is not in America’s national interest. As other agencies, Secretary Kerry, and ultimately President Obama review the environmental analysis, I would urge that they conclude that the environmental impacts of this pipeline are simply too high and reject the proposal. Climate change is the challenge of our generation and we need to be moving forward with policies to support clean energy, not backwards with dirty energy like the Keystone pipeline supports.”

http://www.schatz.senate.gov/press-releases/schatz-statement-on-keystone-pipeline-environmental-report

brooklynite http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=872450

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