{"id":574,"date":"2021-02-18T19:26:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-announces-congressional-delegation-scores-in-the-2020-national-environmental-scorecard\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T19:26:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:26:56","slug":"virginia-lcv-announces-congressional-delegation-scores-in-the-2020-national-environmental-scorecard","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-announces-congressional-delegation-scores-in-the-2020-national-environmental-scorecard\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia LCV Announces Congressional Delegation Scores in the 2020 National Environmental Scorecard"},"content":{"rendered":"

RICHMOND \u2013 Virginia LCV today released the Virginia Congressional Delegation\u2019s scores on the League of Conservation Voters\u2019 2020 National Environmental Scorecard, showing the vastly different approaches the House and Senate took on environmental progress and the four interwoven crises plaguing our nation: the coronavirus pandemic, economic inequality, racial injustice, and climate change.<\/p>\n

The Scorecard is the primary yardstick for evaluating the environmental records of every member of Congress, and is available for download\u00a0Aqu\u00ed<\/a>, en espa\u00f1ol\u00a0Aqu\u00ed<\/a>, y en l\u00ednea en ambos idiomas en\u00a0<\/a>scorecard.lcv.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Biden has wasted no time putting climate at the top of his agenda. We are proud to have Congressional representatives from Virginia that will fight for our future alongside this new administration,\u201d said\u00a0Michael Town, director ejecutivo de Virginia LCV<\/strong>. \u201cWhile Virginia has made huge progress at the state level over the past four years advancing climate action and protecting clean air, we look forward to seeing Virginia\u2019s champions in Congress pass the long-term federal safeguards we need to address climate change, environmental injustice and the systemic disparities that result in a healthy environment for some, but not all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2020 Scorecard measures votes cast during the second session of the 116th Congress. In Virginia, seven House members and both U.S. Senators earned a score of 80 percent or greater. The average House score for Virginia was 66 percent and the average Senate score was 92 percent.<\/p>\n

The full delegation\u2019s scores for 2020 are:<\/p>\n

Senado de los Estados Unidos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nombre<\/strong><\/td>\nFiesta<\/strong><\/td>\n2020 Score<\/strong><\/td>\nPuntuaci\u00f3n vitalicia<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Kaine<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Warner<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

C\u00e1mara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nombre<\/strong><\/td>\nFiesta<\/strong><\/td>\nDistrito<\/strong><\/td>\n2020 Score<\/strong><\/td>\nPuntuaci\u00f3n vitalicia<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Wittman<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elaine Luria<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bobby Scott<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don McEachin<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denver Riggleman<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Cline<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abigail Spanberger<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don Beyer<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgan Griffith<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jennifer Wexton<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gerry Connolly<\/td>\nD<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u201cDuring an incredibly difficult and unprecedented year and with the most anti-environmental president ever, pro-environment members of the 116th Congress paved the way for transformational action on climate and environmental justice,\u201d said\u00a0Vicepresidente Senior de Asuntos Gubernamentales de LCV, Tiernan Sittenfeld<\/strong>. \u201cNow the pro-environment trifecta \u2013 led by President Biden and Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader Schumer \u2013 is poised to enact transformational progress that results in healthy, equitable, safe communities powered by clean energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2020 Scorecard includes 21 House votes that advanced pro-environmental and pro-democracy bills, provisions, and government funding. In the Senate, for the fourth year in a row, the majority of the 13 scored votes were extreme and partisan nominations both to the federal bench and the Trump administration.\u00a0 For the first time, the 2020 National Environmental Scorecard includes votes on removing public monuments to racism and policing and criminal justice reform. The same damaging system\u2014racism\u2014is at the root of climate injustice, environmental injustice, and police brutality. The 2020 Scorecard therefore includes votes that reflect LCV\u2019s belief that these struggles are intertwined and must be addressed together.<\/p>\n

LCV ha publicado una Puntuaci\u00f3n Ambiental Nacional por cada Congreso desde 1970. La Puntuaci\u00f3n representa el consenso de expertos de m\u00e1s de 20 respetadas organizaciones ambientales y de conservaci\u00f3n que seleccionaron los votos clave sobre los cuales se deb\u00eda calificar a los miembros del Congreso. LCV califica los votos sobre los temas m\u00e1s importantes del a\u00f1o, incluyendo energ\u00eda, cambio clim\u00e1tico, justicia ambiental, salud p\u00fablica, conservaci\u00f3n de tierras y vida silvestre, democracia y gasto para programas ambientales. Los votos incluidos en la Puntuaci\u00f3n presentaron a los miembros del Congreso una opci\u00f3n real y ayudaron a distinguir qu\u00e9 legisladores est\u00e1n trabajando por la protecci\u00f3n del medio ambiente. Puede encontrar m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre los votos individuales y el archivo de la Puntuaci\u00f3n en\u00a0<\/a>scorecard.lcv.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, LCV\u00a0released a new report<\/a>\u00a0examining the environmental records of members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), collectively referred to as the Tri-Caucus. Using data from LCV\u2019s National Environmental Scorecard, the report details how members of the Tri-Caucus were champions of strong environmental policies that address environmental injustice, helped chair a record number of hearings about climate change, and led on many of the critical pro-environmental bills during the 116th Congress.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RICHMOND \u2013 Virginia LCV today released the Virginia Congressional Delegation\u2019s scores on the League of Conservation Voters\u2019 2020 National Environmental Scorecard, showing the vastly different approaches the House and Senate took on environmental progress and the four interwoven crises plaguing our nation: the coronavirus pandemic, economic inequality, racial injustice, and climate change. The Scorecard is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-574","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}