*** Full Scorecard available at www.lcv.org/scorecard ***

Today, the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) joined the national League of Conservation Voters (LCV) in releasing the 2009 National Environmental Scorecard, revealing scores for the California delegation in the first session of the 111th Congress. For 30 years, the National Environmental Scorecard issued by LCV has been the nationally accepted yardstick used to rate members of Congress on environmental, public health and energy issues.

“We applaud those members of the California delegation who fought in 2009 to bring clean energy jobs to the state and reduce our national dependence on foreign oil, particularly Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and the 23 members of the House of Representatives who received a perfect score for their environmental votes,” said CLCV CEO Warner Chabot. “The 2009 Scorecard clearly exposes numerous other legislators for their terrible voting record and willingness to put corporate polluters and other special interests ahead of a cleaner, more secure energy future for California.”

The 2009 Scorecard includes 11 Senate and 13 House votes dominated by clean energy and climate change but also encompassing other environmental issues such as public lands, water and wildlife conservation.  In California, 23 House members and both Senators earned a perfect 100 percent score in 2009, while nine House members received an abysmal 0 percent. The average score in 2009 for California members of the House was 63 percent.

“The 2009 National Environmental Scorecard illustrates the extent to which the Obama administration and the 111th Congress began to move our nation towards a clean energy future that will create new jobs, make America more energy independent and curb global warming pollution,” said LCV President Gene Karpinski.   “However, it also makes clear that there is still much work to be done, first and foremost to finish the work started in the House by swiftly passing a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill in the Senate.”

Given the scope, magnitude and urgency of addressing the climate crisis and building a clean energy economy, LCV took the extraordinary step of double-scoring the House votes on final passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act. A majority of the California delegation voted for the landmark American Clean Energy and Security Act.

2009 SCORES:

Senate

Feinstein (D) 100

Boxer (D) 100

House

1 Thompson, M. (D ) 100

2 Herger (R ) 0

3 Lungren (R ) 0

4 McClintock (R ) 0

5 Matsui (D ) 100

6 Woolsey (D ) 100

7 Miller, George (D ) 86

8 Pelosi (D ) N/A

9 Lee (D ) 100

10 Garamendi (D ) 100

10 Tauscher (D ) 91

11 McNerney (D ) 93

12 Speier (D ) 93

13 Stark (D ) 71

14 Eshoo (D ) 100

15 Honda (D ) 100

16 Lofgren (D ) 100

17 Farr (D ) 100

18 Cardoza (D ) 86

19 Radanovich (R ) 0

20 Costa (D ) 71

21 Nunes (R ) 7

22 McCarthy, K. (R ) 0

23 Capps (D ) 100

24 Gallegly (R ) 7

25 McKeon (R ) 14

26 Dreier (R ) 0

27 Sherman (D ) 100

28 Berman (D ) 100

29 Schiff (D ) 100

30 Waxman (D ) 100

31 Becerra (D ) 100

32 Chu (D ) 100

32 Solis (D ) 100

33 Watson (D ) 100

34 Roybal-Allard (D ) 93

35 Waters (D ) 93

36 Harman (D ) 93

37 Richardson (D ) 100

38 Napolitano (D ) 100

39 Sanchez, Linda (D ) 79

40 Royce (R )  7

41 Lewis, Jerry (R ) 7

42 Miller, Gary (R ) 0

43 Baca (D ) 100

44 Calvert (R ) 14

45 Bono Mack (R ) 43

46 Rohrabacher (R ) 7

47 Sanchez, Loretta (D ) 100

48 Campbell (R ) 0

49 Issa (R ) 7

50 Bilbray (R ) 21

51 Filner (D ) 100

52 Hunter (R ) 0

53 Davis, S. (D ) 93

The full 2009 National Environmental Scorecard can be found at www.lcv.org/scorecard

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