WASHINGTON – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today announced the launch of a new $1.5 million program aimed at defeating five climate change deniers in the House of Representatives this election cycle. Reps. Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-24) and Dan Benishek (MI-1) are the first candidates named to the program, called the “Flat Earth Five.” A new House incumbent will be named to the program each week over the next three weeks.

“We can’t expect Congress to address climate change when some members of the House of Representatives refuse to admit it even exists. We need to defeat climate deniers like Ann Marie Buerkle and Dan Benishek to restore the place of science on Capitol Hill,” said Gene Karpinski, President of the League of Conservation Voters.