Sierra Club Targeting Blanche Lincoln Over Clean Air Act (AUDIO)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
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The Sierra Club is up with a new radio ad campaign targeting Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) over what the group calls her “her decision to co-sponsor legislation that would undermine the Clean Air Act.”

The Club is the second group to take to the airwaves to attack Lincoln over her decision to join an amendment by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that would block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Last month, MoveOn.org ran several TV ads attacking Lincoln for co-sponsoring the measure.

Audio of the new Sierra Club spot and video of MoveOn’s ad after the jump.

The Sierra Club spot began running in Arkansas today. A spokesperson for the group wouldn’t divulge the size of the buy, but said that it would be heard by many. Here’s the ad:

In a release announcing the campaign, Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope claimed that the amendment Lincoln supports will endanger public health in favor of padding oil company profits. ” Senator Lincoln’s constituents ought to ask her why she wants to help Big Oil and out-of-state coal companies to the detriment of the clean energy businesses and natural gas industry that are actually creating jobs in her home state,” Pope said.

The MoveOn TV spot, launched in late January, also focuses on public health. Here’s the ad:

Two other progressive activist groups, Friends of the Earth and CREDO Action, announced last week their plan to erect billboards in Arkansas targeting Lincoln over the resolution.

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