CCV is proud to announce our latest round of endorsements for the 2010 General Election.  Chief among them is our support of Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in his bid to become Colorado’s next Governor.  While Mayor, Hickenlooper has overseen significant environmental policies including:

• Development of a greenhouse gas reduction plan.
• Increased use of public transportation and bikes to reduce air pollution.
• Implementation a ten year water conservation plan at Denver Water.
• Creation a waste management plan that saw an 18% increase in recycling rates in the first year.
• A requirement that all new buildings by the city be a LEED Silver or higher rating.

Click here for more about our gubernatorial endorsement and the latest round of legislative and local endorsements.

The 2010 Scorecard is here!  This year’s legislative session saw groundbreaking victories for public health, wildlife, and the new energy economy.  The new edition of the Colorado Legislative Conservation Scorecard covers all of the biggest conservation bills in the remarkable 2010 session.

For the first time in the Scorecard’s history, a majority of legislators scored a perfect 100%.  Currently, twenty-eight legislators have perfect Lifetime scores.

On the other end of the spectrum, the lowest scores this year were the 8%s achieved by Senator Schultheis and Representative Liston.  Each lawmaker only voted the pro-conservation stance once.

How did your representatives show their conservation values?  Click here to find out. Don’t forget to let them know how you feel about their environmental records.

More on the Scorecard from Pete Maysmith in his Keeping It Green in Colorado blog.

The 2010 Colorado Legislative Session is ending and it has been a huge year for our environment. Watch the video below for highlights from the session:

On February 22nd, Colorado Conservation Voters joined the national League of Conservation Voters in releasing the 2009 National Environmental Scorecard , revealing scores for the Colorado delegation in the first session of the 111^th 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.

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