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Washington, DC -Environment America and our federation of state environmental groups
produce this regular report on key votes in Congress as one of our many
tools to help citizens engage in and make an impact on environmental
policy.
The 2009 Congressional Scorecard released by Environment America
found more environmental progress and more champions even as the group
noted the challenges of enacting more significant environmental
protections.
Environment America is releasing the scorecard
as part of its campaign to pass legislation in Congress to repower our
economy with clean energy and cut global warming pollution.
In
addition to tracking votes on key environmental legislation such as the
unprecedented $80 billion in clean energy and green transportation
ultimately enacted in the economic recovery act; the passage of a
first-ever comprehensive clean energy and global warming bill through
the House; and the enactment of a bill to protect more than 2 million
acres of public lands and other national treasures; the scorecard also
demonstrates an increased depth of support for environmental issues in
the past year and a half.
The 2009 scorecard documents a
continued shift in the nature of environmental votes towards more
solution-oriented votes. Environment America found that House and
Senate leadership and the new administration are placing a much higher
priority on environmental protection in the past year and a half,
leading to 85% percent of the votes prioritized by Environment America
being solution-oriented. Most importantly the measures reaching and
being signed by the President reflect greater progress on solutions.
The 2009 scorecard looks at the key environmental votes taken between April 2008 and September 2009.
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