Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) has occasionally drawn fire from environmental groups for his efforts on behalf of Ohio's manufacturing sector, but on the whole the first-term Democrat has proved to be a reliable vote in favor of President Obama's environmental agenda, including U.S. EPA's pollution-control regime. He has earned a 93 percent lifetime rating from the League of Conservation Voters for votes cast as both a congressman and a senator, and although he was criticized last year for voting for an amendment that would have temporarily suspended EPA's greenhouse gas rules, he continues to refer to climate change as a moral issue. Yet now, as Brown faces a tough race for re-election against Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel (R), he is getting little practical support from environmentalists. Go to story #1