CTLCV's 2008 Environmental Scorecard has arrived!

Now you can find out just how green your legislator is!

CTLCV keeps a close watch on state legislation that will impact the state's natural resources.

After each legislative session, we publish an Environmental Scorecard that grades legislators according to how they voted on environmental bills.  During the session, we notify state legislators about these bills through "Scorecard Alerts" and ask them to cast a pro-environment vote.

Make sure you know the score before you vote on Election Day, November 4!

What's Inside:

Session in Review

Environmental Champions

Out-of-Step Legislators on Global Warming

Senate Scores

House Scores

What the Numbers Mean

Important Bills Scored

Important Bills Not Scored

The Impact of Campaign Finance Reform

What's Ahead

Legislators'
Scores & Votes
     2008 Senate Scores
     2008 House Scores
     Individual Votes, by Bill

What the Numbers Mean | Our Methodology
CTLCV grades legislators on a 0 to100% scale based on their voting records on bills that affect the environment. In addition to analyzing final House and Senate votes, we looked at every vote cast in each committee along the way. 

To determine the scores, we gave one point for a pro–environment vote and zero points for an anti–environment vote. Each column in the Scorecard table represents the averages of all relevant votes on a specific bill. The final score shown in this document is the total of all the selected votes.

A Note on Abstentions and Absences
Abstentions are not calculated in legislators’ final scores, but absences are. We assigned a half point for absences in recognition that sometimes legislators deliber­ately miss votes. Of course, sometimes there are valid reasons for absences. But in the end, an absence isn’t as constructive as taking a stand and casting a pro–environment vote. Thus, a half point score for absences is a compromise.  We also encourage readers to check how many times your legislators may have missed important votes.