November 18, 2011

REPS. GODFREY, LYDDY RECEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP’S
PERFECT SCORE
CT League of Conservation Voters Gives 100% on Annual Scorecard

The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters (CTLCV) awarded State Representatives Bob Godfrey (D-Danbury) and Christopher Lyddy (D-Newtown) a 100 percent rating for their support and advocacy of environmental initiatives in their 2011 Environmental Scorecard.

“I am particularly proud to have co-sponsored the Paint Stewardship bill this year,” said Godfrey. “It is important that consumers have a safe and convenient way to dispose of the potentially harmful products in architectural paint. The Housatonic Resource Recovery Authority was instrumental in gathering support for this new law.”

“I’m honored that the League of Conservation Voters has recognized me with this prestigious award,” said Lyddy. “Protecting open space, water and the air in Connecticut will always continue to be a real priority for me.”

Godfrey and Lyddy are just two of only 29 state representatives—less than 20 percent of the Connecticut House—to earn a rating of 100 percent.

Godfrey said, “Ensuring that environmental policy and energy policy are considered together, I supported the new Department of Energy and Environmental Policy or DEEP.”

The annual environmental scorecard grades state lawmakers based on how they vote on significant environmental legislation. This year the scorecard grades legislators' votes on twelve bills that came up during the 2011 legislative session.

CTLCV Co-Chair David Bingham said of the legislators who received high scores, “despite the pressures of economic distress, they upheld policies that are critical to providing clean air and water and make Connecticut an inviting state to do business.”

Formed in 1998, the bipartisan CTLCV works on laws that affect Connecticut's air, water, wildlife, open space, transportation, energy choices, and health.