Robert Hurt's Shocking Conflict of Interest: Uranium Mining in Virginia

Comment:  Does anyone know how many jobs has this dude  brought to Southside?  Is this dude really from VA, NO, New York!  This dude should not have voted for SB 525, pure and simple.  Conflict of Interest, yes it was, no to uranium mining and milling, NO to this dude!

10/13/10


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Contact: Kate Geller, (202) 785-8683 or kate_geller@lcv.org

New TV Ad in Perriello Race from League of Conservation Voters and Sierra Club

Robert Hurt Puts Uranium Business Ties over Community Interest

Charlottesville, VA - Today the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club jointly released a new television ad highlighting Virginia’s 5th District GOP candidate Robert Hurt and his father's ties to the uranium industry. While serving as a Virginia state senator, Hurt voted in favor of industry interests and against public health, allowing uranium mining projects to move forward, despite evidence that uranium mining can lead to radioactive contamination of air and ground water, causing cancer and birth defects. The six-figure buy will have the ad running on broadcast and cable in the district through the end of the election.

“With his father's connections to the uranium industry, and a moratorium on the mining already in place, Robert Hurt has tough questions to answer about his position on risky uranium mining in Virginia,” said Cathy Duvall, Sierra Club’s Political Director. “We are working to get the word out that we can’t let extremists like Robert Hurt vote for their own business interests over the interests of Virginians.”

Hurt is a Tea Party-supported candidate who opposes legislation to create more jobs, less pollution and greater security by refusing to hold corporate polluters accountable for their share of climate change pollution.

“Voters in Virginia’s fifth district have a choice this election: they can vote for Robert Hurt who would side with corporate polluters over Virginia families, or they can re-elect Tom Perriello who has proven his commitment to bringing new clean energy jobs to Virginia and making America less dependent on foreign oil,” said Tony Massaro, LCV’s Senior Vice President for Political Affairs. “Hurt’s support for the failed dirty energy policies of the past makes him the wrong choice for Virginia.”

Both LCV Action Fund and the Sierra Club have endorsed Tom Perriello for his strong leadership on clean energy legislation.

The TV ad can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--uVEExeFes

Read more:
http://www.lcv.org/newsroom/press-releases/new-tv-ad-in-perriello-race-from-league-of-conservation-voters-and-sierra-club.html