"I voted against the climate-change legislation. Not that I don’t believe we should move to a clean-energy economy, and it can be good for South Dakota’s economy to do so, but it was started out as a very partisan bill in the committee."
- Stephanie HersethFrom 2005 to 2011, Stephanie Herseth, an American politician, was a member of the US House of Representatives. She frequently had to negotiate intricate political environments where economic interests and environmental concerns collided while serving in Congress. She once famously opposed a piece of…