While Senator McCain is now trying to change his rhetoric after months of running to the right on the campaign trail, he can't change the facts.
He has consistently put the interests of his key campaign contributors ahead of environmental protection. His campaign is being directed and
funded by the same oil company lobbyists who crafted President Bush's energy policies. Leading environmental watchdog groups have given his
voting record dismally low ratings, and just last week Senator McCain promised to nominate more of the same right wing judges who would gut
environmental protections. Senator McCain's double talk on the environment even extends to the venue for today's remarks. He is speaking at a wind
turbine manufacturing company, despite consistently opposing efforts to invest in wind and solar technologies.

 WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee:

   Once again, John McCain is trying to dress up his record to hide his "more of the same" agenda.

    Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on John McCain's double talk on the environment:

    "Senator McCain is once again trying to re-cast himself as a friend of the environment for the general election, but his record clearly shows that
the only friends he really stands up for are his donors and the lobbyists running his campaign. No campaign rhetoric can change his record. For
Senator McCain, protecting the environment has taken a backseat to giving his donors sweetheart deals, appointing radical right wing judges who would
gut environmental regulations, and voting against key environmental protection efforts. For voters looking for a true champion of the
environment, John McCain is the wrong choice."

    JOHN MCCAIN ON THE ENVIRONMENT: IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREEN

    DOUBLE TALK ON RENEWABLE ENERGY

    McCain Today: Praises Wind Power. "I appreciate the hospitality of Vestas Wind Technology. Every day, when there are no reporters and cameras
around to draw attention to it, this company and others like it are doing important work. And what we see here is just a glimpse of much bigger
things to come. Wind power is one of many alternative energy sources that are changing our economy for the better."

    REALITY: McCain Opposed $290 Million For R&D On Renewable Energy, Including Wind Power. McCain voted against an amendment to extend the
renewable energy production tax credit and clean renewable energy bonds programs for four years including $290 Million for renewable energy R&D on
Solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, hydropower. [2006 Senate Vote #42, 3/14/2006]

    REALITY: McCain Opposed Tax Credit For Facilities That Produce Electricity From Wind. Discussing his opposition to the American Jobs
Creation Act, McCain blasted provisions for a tax credit for wind power producers. "Let me outline just a few of the most egregious provisions
contained in the proposal before us today: The bill includes an extension of the tax credit for the creation of electricity from "renewable
resources." This provision would extend for a year the tax credit for facilities that produce electricity from wind, poultry waste or closed-loop
biomass. While I know wind is the favored renewable technology and various tax credits have made it competitive with conventional energy production in
some locations, renewable solar technology has greater potential in my State and does not receive this favored tax status to make it more
affordable." [Congressional Record, 3/24/2004]

    2006: McCain Voted Repeatedly Against Tax Credits To Encourage Renewable Energy Production. McCain voted against several amendments aimed
at encouraging renewable energy production. [2006 Senate Vote #42, 3/14/2006; 2005 Senate Vote #158, 6/28/2005; 2001 Senate Vote #125,
5/21/2001]

    2005: McCain Voted Twice Against Establishing National Renewable Energy Standards. McCain voted against an amendment that would mandate that
renewable energy sources must produce at least 10 percent of the electricity sold by electric utilities by 2020, a minimum of 2.5 percent
must be produced beginning 2008 through 2011. In 2007, McCain missed a vote on an amendment that would require utilities to produce 20 percent of their
electricity from clean or renewable energy sources by 2020 in favor of an alternative amendment would require utilities to produce 15 percent of
their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. [2005 Senate Vote #141, 6/16/2005; 2002 Senate Vote #50, 3/14/2002; 2007 Senate Vote #211,
6/14/2007]

    ANTI-ENVIRONMENT JUDGES:

    McCain Has Never Voted Against a Republican Judicial Nominee. "McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, promised to appoint judges
who, in the mold of Chief Justice John Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, he says would interpret the law strictly to curb the scope of
their rulings. While McCain did not mention abortion, the far right understands that such nominees would be likely to limit the 1973 Roe v.
Wade decision that widely legalized abortion across the United States...He also has cast conservative votes on judges. McCain has never voted against
a Republican nominee for the Supreme Court or federal courts, the Democratic National Committee pointed out." [Associated Press, 5/6/08]

    Environmentalists Wary of McCain's Appointments To The Supreme Court. Joseph Romm, former top Energy Department efficiency and renewable energy
official said that environmentalists worry that McCain's appointments to the Supreme Court would be extremely conservative. They worry that
conservative judges "would overturn last year's landmark 5-4 ruling -- in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency -- that the EPA has the
authority to regulate carbon dioxide under existing laws. 'We will have a devil of a time getting serious action on global warming if the Supreme
Court reverses its position,' says Romm." [Business Week Online, 4/22/08]

    LOW RATINGS AND BAD VOTES ON THE ENVIRONMENT:

    2008: McCain Received 24 Percent Lifetime Rating From LVC. "This year, the League of Conservation Voters, with input from 18 other
environmental-advocacy groups, gave Clinton, 60, a lifetime Senate rating of 87 percent and Obama, 46, an 86 percent rating. McCain got 24 percent."
[Bloomberg, 3/21/2008]

    2008: McCain Campaign Hasn't Offset Carbon Footprint, Despite Assurances They Would Do So. "Six months ago, Mr. McCain's campaign said it
was preparing to reduce its net carbon output. Spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan told The Washington Times that McCain staffers had asked for a company to
study the campaign's carbon footprint and suggest offsets...Yesterday, though, spokesman Brian Rogers said that was a mistake, and the study fell
by the wayside a month earlier during a July staff shake-up." [Washington Times, 2/19/2008]

    2007: McCain Missed All 15 Key Environmental Votes According To The League Of Conservation Voters. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) scored 0 percent
in 2007 (24 percent lifetime) due to missing all 15 votes scored, including the key vote on repealing tax giveaways to big oil - a measure that failed
by only one vote. {http://www.lcv.org/newsroom/press-releases/lcv-releases-2007-national-envi
ronmental-scorecard.html]

    2007: McCain Skipped Vote On Energy Legislation That Increased CAFE Standards. McCain missed a vote on passage of the energy bill that would
overhaul national energy policies and increase the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. [2007 Senate Vote #226,
6/21/2007]

    2006: McCain Supported Budget Resolution That Allowed For Drilling In ANWR. "Of the seven Senate Republicans that tried to strip ANWR from the
FY06 budget resolution, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is the only one to declare that he will still support the FY07 budget resolution bill if ANWR
drilling language remains." [National Journal's CongressDaily, 3/15/06; 2006 Senate Vote #72, 3/16/2006; 2005 Senate Vote #289, 11/3/2005; 2000
Senate Vote #58, 4/6/2000; 1995 Senate Vote #190, 5/24/1995; 1995 Senate Vote #525, 10/27/1995; 1995 Senate Vote #556, 10/27/1995]

    2006: McCain's Vote To Open Up Gulf Of Mexico For Drilling And His Support For Oil Subsidies Have Put Him At Odds With Environmentalists.
"McCain antagonized environmentalists by voting in 2006 to open 8 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling. In addition, they have clashed
over McCain's support for multibillion-dollar subsidies to the nuclear industry." [Bloomberg, 3/21/2008]

    2003: McCain Twice Voted Against Proposal To Raise CAFE Standards. McCain voted against an amendment that would mandate an increase in the
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard. Passenger vehicles made before 2006 would have to average 25 miles per gallon. After that, the
standard would gradually increase to 40 miles per gallon by model year 2015. Non-passenger vehicles made before 2006 would have to average 17
miles per gallon. By model year 2015, they would have to average 27.5 miles per gallon. [2003 Senate Vote #309, 7/29/03; 2003 Senate Vote #310,
7/29/03]

    LAND SWAPS OVER CONSERVATION:

    McCain Reversed Opposition After Developer Hired Lobbyists Who Worked for Him. "Initially reluctant to support the swap, the Arizona Republican
became a key figure in pushing the deal through Congress after the rancher and his partners hired lobbyists that included McCain's 1992 Senate
campaign manager, two of his former Senate staff members (one of whom has returned as his chief of staff), and an Arizona insider who was a major
McCain donor and is now bundling campaign checks. When McCain's legislation Massed in November 2005, the ranch owner gave the job of building as many
as 12,000 homes to SunCor Development, a firm in Tempe, Ariz., run by Steven A. Betts, a longtime McCain supporter who has raised more than
$100,000 for the presumptive Republican nominee." [Washington Post, 5/9/08]

    Environmentalists Opposed the Deal. "The Audubon Society described the exchange as the largest in Arizona history. The swap involved more than
55,000 acres of land in all, including rare expanses of desert woodland and pronghorn antelope habitat. The deal had support from many local officials
and the Arizona Republic newspaper for its expansion of the Prescott National Forest. But it brought an outcry from some Arizona
environmentalists when it was proposed in 2002, partly because it went through Congress rather than a process that allowed more citizen input."
[Washington Post, 5/9/08]

    Federal Officials Said Deal Would Shortchange Taxpayers. "Although the bill called for the two parcels to be of equal value, a federal forestry
official told a congressional committee that he was concerned that 'the public would not receive fair value' for its land. A formal appraisal has
not yet begun. A town official opposed to the swap said other Yavapai Ranch land sold nine years ago for about $2,000 per acre, while some of the prime
commercial land near a parcel that the developers will get has brought as much as $120,000 per acre." [Washington Post, 5/9/08]

    Lobbyists Running, Raising Money for His Campaign Have Earned $13.1 Million from Oil Companies. McCain Fundraisers and advisors have earned
over $13 million dollars lobbying for oil and related interests. That includes $4.1 million for Wayne Berman's firm, $3 million for John Green's,
and $1.75 million for Charlie Black's. [Lobbying relationships and dollar amounts from Senate Office of Public Records filings; McCain campaign roles
from McCain Campaign Release; The Politico [3/4/08]; whitehouseforsale.org]