Looking to get back into the U.S. Senate race, the campaign team of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who is mired in third place in every poll behind Republican candidate Marco Rubio and Gov. Charlie Crist who is running without party affiliation, took aim at Crist on the environment.

"Clearly, Governor Crist is no friend to Florida's environment,” said Adam Sharon, a spokesman for Meek, on Thursday. “Time and again, lifelong conservative Charlie Crist has proven he is far more interested in lining the pockets of developers than protecting Florida's environment or standing up for middle-class families. Now, the governor is trying to green-wash his terrible environmental record. Kendrick Meek is the only candidate who will stand up to big developers and corporate special interests on behalf of everyday Floridians.”

With Crist siphoning off Democratic voters, the Meek team has hammered the governor from the left since the primary in late August.