FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2014
CONTACT: Debra Davis Rezeli, Director of Engagement; debra@nclcv.org, 919-839-0978
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC League of Conservation Voters announced today the keynote speaker for its Annual Green Tie Awards Dinner. The 2014 event will feature Senator Kay Hagan who has represented North Carolina citizens for more than 12 years, first as a State Senator and now serving in the U.S. Senate since January 2009. Senator Hagan will speak to her positions on key environmental issues affecting the citizens of North Carolina. Each year, NCLCV presents the Green Tie Awards to recognize and honor state legislators and leaders who work to protect North Carolina’s remarkable natural resources and our quality of life. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, 6 – 9pm at the Raleigh Marriott City Center. More details here.
Prior to the U.S. Senate, Hagan served for a decade in the North Carolina State Senate. During her tenure as a State Senator, she cosponsored the Clean Smokestacks Act, which would reduce smog and acid rain pollution from coal-fired power plants. As a U.S. Senator, Hagan has been an advocate for public lands, cosponsoring the Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2013, introducing bipartisan legislation to protect thousands of acres around the Blue Ridge Parkway, and sponsoring the Community Parks Revitalization Act, which would increase green spaces in economically distressed urban areas. She has also been a consistent vote against legislation to block the EPA from reducing carbon and mercury pollution. Time and again Senator Hagan has voted to end taxpayer-funded subsidies to Big Oil. As co-chair of the new Clean Energy Innovation Project at the think tank Third Way, she has been a public advocate for extending incentives, like the Production Tax Credit, for renewable energies. Senator Hagan has earned an 84% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.
NC League of Conservation Voters is a statewide lobbying organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and enhancing North Carolina’s natural environment. NCLCV has been working to protect North Carolina’s environment and our citizen’s health for over 40 years, turning environmental values into North Carolina priorities. NCLCV’s vision for the future of North Carolina is that all citizens and our elected decision-makers will better understand and appreciate North Carolina’s unique natural environment, and the integral role it plays in North Carolina’s economy and quality of life.
