Thursday, January 14, 2010

2009 Michigan Congressional Environmental Scorecard

Democrats did very well on Environment America's 2009 Scorecard. Republicans, not so much.

Both of Michigan's senators and six of its representatives were named Environmental Champions based on their 2009 Congressional Scorecard.

They received 100 percent scores on pro-environment votes, seven in the Senate and 15in the House. Nationally, 40 senators and 144 reps received top scores.

How they scored:

• Sen. Carl Levin , 100 percent
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow , 100 percent
• Rep. John Dingell , 100 percent
• Rep. Dale Kildee , 100 percent
• Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick , 100 percent
• Rep. Sander Levin , 100 percent
• Rep. Gary Peters , 100 percent
• Rep. Mark Schauer , 100 percent
• Rep. John Conyers , 93 percent.
• Rep. Bart Stupak , 87 percent
• Rep. Vernon Ehlers , 73 percent
• Rep. Candice Miller , 60 percent
• Rep. Fred Upton , 47 percent
• Rep. Thaddeus McCotter , 33 percent
• Rep. Mike Rogers , 20 percent
• Rep. Dave Camp , 13 percent
• Rep. Pete Hoekstra , 13 percent

For the full report visit environmentamerica.org.