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The Green Elephant ® is Republicans for Environmental Protection's newsletter, published each quarter since the spring of 1997. Key articles from each issue are archived here. Feature articles are shown in bold type.

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Volume 12

#3: Summer 2009

 The Climate Debate: REP's Perspective

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 Washington Report
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#2: Fall 2008-WInter 2009

 An Important Generational Shift in Our Country, Our Party, and Our Organization

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 Washington Report
Whither the GOP? Important Conservative Voices Speak Out

A letter to REP

A note to REP members and other Green Elephant readers

#1: Summer 2008

 REP Heads to the Convention

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 Washington Report
Volume 11

#4: Spring 2008

 REP Takes on the Sierra Club

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 Three Important Reminders
Washington Report
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#3: Winter 2008

 A Realignment Election

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 REP's December-January South Carolina "Blitz"
Washington Report
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#2: Fall 2007

 Why we endorsed Senator John McCain

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 2007 Republican Environmental Leadership Conference
Trammell S. Crow receives "Green Elephant" Award

#1: Summer 2007

 Republican Environmental Leadership Conference

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 A Tale of Two Organizations (REP and CREA)
Washington Report
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Volume 10

#4: Spring 2007

 Do You Care More Than Gore?
Washington Report

#3: Winter 2007

 Survey Says...
Washington Report
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#2: Fall 2006

 Picking up the Pieces

#1: Summer 2006

 The Proper Size of a Cocker Spaniel
Washington Report
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Profile a of a REP leader: Tweeti Blancett
Volume 9

#4: Spring 2006

 REP Unveils its 2005 Congresional Scorecard
What's Unique about the REP Scorecard?
Introducing REP's Tenth Chapter... Texas!

What's New?

Profile a of a REP leader: Barbara Struthers

#3: Winter 2006

 What's in a Name?
David Jenkins' Washington Report

What's New?

Profile a of a REP leader: Bill McLaughlin

#2: Fall 2005

 It Takes a Movement

Eye on Washington

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#1: Summer 2005

 Conservative by Nature

Eye on Washington

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge faces final, definitive vote this summer

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Profile a of a REP leader: Sandy Moser
Volume 8

#4: Spring 2005

 REP America Celebrates its Tenth Birthday: a co-founder remembers the past and considers the future (featuring a special collection of photographs from REP's first ten years)

Eye on Washington

Profile of a REP leader: Rob Sisson

#3: Winter 2005


 Letters to President Bush: a selection of letters from REP members around the country. (Note: Some newsletter features that we regularly post on this web site were preempted in the published Green Elephant by a report on our annual meeting and our thank-you to contributors. They will return—and be posted here—in the spring issue.)

#2: Fall 2004

 REP PAC's 2004 Congressional Endorsements

No Endorsement for the White House

Jim DiPeso's Arctic Refuge Chronicles

Profile of a REP leader: Dave Herrington

#1: Summer 2004

 Elder Bush Once Heralded Party's Conservation Heritage

Speech by President George Herbert Walker Bush in Helena, Montana, 1989

Eye on Washington

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Profile of a REP leader: Jim Stuhltrager
Volume 7

#4: Spring 2004

 Saving Life on Earth: Doing Noah's Job Today

Eye on Washington

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Profile of a REP leader: Vince Williams

#3: Winter 2004

 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Beacon of Hope for Conservation-minded Republicans

Eye on Washington

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#2: Fall 2003

 Congressman Sherwood Boehlert's Keynote Speech at REP America's Annual Meeting and Conference; San Diego, September 13, 2003

Greening the Elephant: "Republicans for Environmental Protection" is not an oxymoron

Eye on Washington

Profile of a REP leader: Aurie Kryzuda

#1: Summer 2003

 The Ten Best Reasons Why Conservatives Should Be Environmentalists

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Eye on Washington

Profile of a REP leader: Philip R. Pryde, Ph.D.
Volume 6

#4: Spring 2003

 Pollution Control: Fact, Fiction and Foresight (a trio of essays)

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Eye on Washington

Profile of a REP leader: Ken Whiton

#3: Winter 2003

 Environmental Report Card for the George W. Bush Administration, 2001-2002

The Bush Administration at Mid-term: A Cloud Over America's Natural Heritage

Eye on Washington

Profile of a REP leader: Bruce Fischer, Jr.

#2: Fall 2002

 Why Sprawl is a Conservative Issue, Part 2

Eye on Washington

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#1: Summer 2002

 Why Sprawl is a Conservative Issue, Part 1

Eye on Washington

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A Glimmer of Hope
Volume 5

#4: Spring 2002

 The Earth is Round, Not Flat

Eye on Washington

A Glimmer of Hope

#3: Winter 2002

 Wilderness in the Deep South: Alabama Theology and Political Incorrectness

How Lamar Marshall became an activist... in his own words

By Their Words Shall Ye Know Them

Eye on Washington

#2: Fall 2001

 America, it's time for a New Manhattan Project!

Eye on Washington

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REP's second GOP Environmental Summit

REP in action...

#1: Summer 2001

 Facts and Myths about Global Warming: A Conservative Perspective
Eye on Washington
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Volume 4

#4: Spring 2001

 It's a Political Crisis, not an Energy Crisis
Eye on Washington
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#3: Winter 2001

 An Open Letter to President George W. Bush
REP made a difference for estuaries!
Letters from Alaska

#2: Fall 2000

 A Special Report: The Words and Deeds of George W. Bush
The GOP's 2000 Environmental Platform: The Devil's in the Details
Eye on Washington

#1: Summer 2000

 Environmentalism and Patriotism
A Special Report: REP helps drive the roadless initiative!
Eye on Washington
Volume 3

#4: Spring 2000

 The Legacy of Pelican Island
Eye on Washington

#3: Winter 2000

 A New Era of GOP Environmentalism?
Where Does Senator John McCain Stand on Environmental Issues?
And All the Others...?
An Outlandish Proposal
A letter to "Rising Tide"
Eye on Washington

#2: Fall 1999

 A Speech for the Republican Nominee for President of the United States
Where Does Governor George W. Bush Stand on Environmental Issues?
In Memorium: Senator John Chafee
Eye on Washington

#1: Summer 1999
 The Great "Environment Versus Economy" Myth
Eye on Washington
Volume 2

#4: Spring 1999

 Religion and the Environment
Eye on Washington

#3: Fall 1998

 Whither the GOP?
Eye on Washington

#2: Summer 1998

 GOP Greens and Greenscammers:
Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP) vs. Coalition of Republican Environmental Advocaes (CREA)
Eye on Washington

#1: Spring 1998

 Thoughts of a Conservative Environmentalist; Part II
Eye on Washington
Volume 1

#4: Winter 1998

Thoughts of a Conservative Environmentalist; Part I; Gordon Durnil
Eye on Washington

#3: Fall 1997

 Conservative Principles and the Environment; John R. E. Bliese

#2: Summer 1997

 Republicans and the Environment; Theodore Roosevelt IV

#1: Spring 1997

 Our Grand Old Party: Painted into a Corner on the Environment