Clean Energy Champion Beats Fossil Fuel Supporter in Democratic Primary

May 12th, 2012 by NRDC

Nice to see a clean energy supporter defeating a fossil fuel supporter in Congressional primary in Pennsylvania:

Clean energy advocate takes out fossil fueler in Democratic primary (via Red Green & Blue)

By Melissa Harrison NRDC Action Fund We may start sounding like a broken record, but we just can’t help ourselves! As we’ve said here before, there is power in running on clean energy. Just yesterday in the 17th Congressional District primary in Pennsylvania, clean energy champ Matt Cartwright…

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http://muckrack.com/dotcommodity Susan Kraemer

So, is Holden being primaried by a better Democrat running for his old seat in the House? Not clear how he voted against Obama policies yet is running for congress…
- Ross
  
  As far as I can tell he’s a sitting “Blue Dog” (D-PA) that just lost what would normally be a rubber stamping primary.