Virginia LCV Announces Delegation Scores from LCV’s 2019 National Environmental Scorecard

RICHMOND – Virginia LCV today released the Virginia delegation’s scores from the League of Conservation Voters’ 2019 National Environmental Scorecard. The Scorecard is the primary yardstick for evaluating the environmental records of every member of Congress, and is available for download Aquí, en español Aquí, y en línea en scorecard.lcv.org.

“As the Trump administration continues to roll back environmental protections and actively put our health at risk, a clear majority of Virginia’s congressional delegation stood up for Virginia’s air, water, land, democracy and our coast,” said Virginia LCV’s Executive Director Michael Town. “We are proud to have representatives in Congress who will fight for our environment. And here in Virginia, where we just made unprecedented progress in the climate fight, passing a bold plan that gets to 100 percent clean energy by 2045, we will continue to build our clean energy future and secure cleaner air for all Virginians.”

The 2019 Scorecard measures votes cast during the first session of the 116th Congress. In Virginia, seven House members and both Senators earned a score of 80 percent or greater. The average House score for Virginia was 64 percent and the average Senate score was a perfect 100 percent. The full delegation’s scores for 2019 are:

Senado de los Estados Unidos

Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos

“We are grateful to Speaker Pelosi and her pro-environment majority for prioritizing climate action and protections of our air, water, lands, wildlife, and democracy,” said Vicepresidente Senior de Asuntos Gubernamentales de LCV, Tiernan Sittenfeld. “While pro-environment leaders supported policies that will protect communities across the country, especially low-income communities and communities of color, from the negative impacts of climate change-fueled extreme heat, natural disasters, and toxic pollution last year, Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s refusal to act on hundreds of important House-passed bills put the health of our children and families at risk for the benefit of his corporate polluter friends.”

The 2019 Scorecard includes 29 House votes on climate related bills, protections for our air, water, lands, and wildlife, and pro-democracy legislation. In the Senate, for the third year in a row, the majority of the 14 scored votes are confirmation votes on Trump’s anti-environmental nominees.

LCV ha publicado una Puntuación Nacional del Medio Ambiente en cada Congreso desde 1970. La Puntuación representa el consenso de expertos de aproximadamente 20 respetadas organizaciones ambientales y de conservación que seleccionaron los votos clave sobre los cuales se debía puntuar a los miembros del Congreso. LCV puntúa los votos sobre los temas más importantes del año, incluyendo energía, cambio climático, salud pública, tierras públicas y conservación de la vida silvestre, y gasto para programas ambientales. Los votos incluidos en la Puntuación presentaron a los miembros del Congreso una elección real y ayudan a distinguir qué legisladores están trabajando para la protección del medio ambiente. Se puede encontrar más información sobre votos individuales y el archivo de la Puntuación en scorecard.lcv.org.