• Teaming up with environmental and taxpayer groups, Tom has fought costly, environmentally damaging projects – like the successful 10-year battle to stop the $1 billion American River dam in California, which would have destroyed the pristine Auburn canyon.
• Votes to protect our wetlands, public lands and coastal areas, and against drilling in the Great Lakes and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
• Votes against needless taxpayer subsidies like the $40 million a year subsidy for logging in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.
• Long-time supporter of proposals to encourage development and use of renewable, alternative fuels and voted for higher fuel efficiency standards to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
• Cosponsored legislation to reduce number of “boutique” fuels in Wisconsin – which drives up costs for drivers.
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