2010 campaign ads focus (less) on energy and environment

If you consume media via mainstream TV and radio, you've undoubtedly noticed the tremendous recent upswing in campaign ads. Although issues relating to energy and the environment are nowhere near where they were two or even four years ago, there are still plenty of campaign ads addressing issues like climate change, energy independence, renewable energy and fossil fuels. But considering the 2009 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that allowed unlimited corporate expenditures in political campaigns, we're surprised we haven't seen more.

LiveOAK editor Tim Hurst and I decided to round up campaign ads focused on energy and the environment this year.  For lack of a better organizational method, we placed them into two groups: Pro-Environment and Anti-Environment. While this may not be the best or most accurate way to organize the campaign ads, it seemed the most intuitive.

If you've seen any we missed, please share them in the comments below and we'll add them to the collection. Which ad is your most/least favorite? Which is the most/least effective?

"Pro-Environment" Campaign Ads

Gavin Newsom v. Abel Maldonado: "Maldonado's Record on the Environment" (California Lieutenant Governor)

California Proposition 23: Vote No

and Vote No on 23

and Vote No on 23

League of Conservation Voters (LCV) v. Ken Buck: "Water Grab" (Colorado, U.S. Senate)

and LCV v. Ken Buck: Ken Buck's Facebook

LCV v. Joe Heck: "Heck Said 'No' to Clean Energy" (Nevada, U.S. House of Representatives 3rd District)

LCV and Sierra Club v. Robert Hurt: "Shocking Conflict of Interest" (Virginia, U.S. House of Representatives 5th District)

LCV: "Flat Earthers: Climate Change Deniers" (Various Races)

LCV v. Roy Blunt: "Blunt: Right for Big Oil, Wrong for Missouri" (Missouri, U.S. Senate)

LCV v. Pat Toomey: "Toomey Supports Risky Oil Drilling in Lake Erie" (Pennsylvania, U.S. Senate)

LCV v. Ron Johnson: "Defeat Ron 'Sunspots' Johnson" (Wisconsin, U.S. Senate)

Alex Sink for Recovery from BP Oil Spill and Renewable Energy (Governor of Florida)

Terry Goddard for Jobs of the Future (Governor of Arizona)

Kendrick Meek Talks Positive, Protects the Everglades (Florida, U.S. Senate)

Reid v. Sharron Angle: "BP $20 Billion Escrow Account for Cleanup: a 'Slush Fund'" (Nevada, U.S. Senate)

"Anti-Environment" Campaign Ads

Joe Manchin v. Cap-and-Trade (West Virginia, U.S. Senate)

Jon Raese v. Cap-and-Trade (West Virginia, U.S. Senate)

California Proposition 23: Vote Yes

AFJS (& Virginia Coal) v. Rick Boucher (Virginia, U.S. House of Representatives 9th District)