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    League of Conservation Voters

    by Rosie Nagele Apr 27, 2018 2 minutes

    Political leanings: Pro-environment/liberal

    Spending target: Unknown

    The League of Conservation Voters works to defeat “anti-environment” candidates and elect politicians “who stand up for a clean, healthy environment,”according to its mission statement.

    The group was founded in 1969 by activist , executive director of the Sierra Club in the 1950s and ’60s and founder of Friends of the Earth. Its current president is , former of the, such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth and The Wilderness Society.

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