LCV 2025 National Environmental Scorecard Shows Connecticut Delegation Held the Line Against Anti-Environment Attacks

Scorecard highlights Congressional Republicans’ efforts to pull the plug on clean energy, advance Big Polluters’ wish list, and undermine free and fair elections.

Hartford, CT – Today, the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters (CTLCV) released the federal Connecticut delegation’s scores for the League of Conservation Voters’ 2025 National Environmental Scorecard highlighting our state’s leaders' work to protect our environment despite an unprecedented year with a record number of attacks on our environment and democracy.

Connecticut’s delegation fought against Republicans in Congress, who repeatedly chose loyalty to the Trump administration and Big Polluters over making life safer, healthier, and more affordable for their own constituents. The result has been higher energy costs for working families, lost jobs and economic opportunities, the selling of  tens of millions of acres of public lands and waters to Big Polluters, fewer clean air and water safeguards, and increased pollution. 

Congressional Republicans threatened free and fair elections; however, our entire House delegation voted against these efforts to undermine our democracy, and, thanks to Senators Blumenthal and Murphy, they failed in the Senate. In the face of these challenges, they stood up for the pillars of our democratic institutions that make climate action possible. Climate advocacy depends on a strong democracy and the rule of law.

At the same time, our delegation has worked to help keep Connecticut and New England on track to meet our climate goals. This includes supporting the reinstatement of Revolution Wind after baseless attempts to derail the nearly completed clean energy project. 

“While CTLCV works every day in Hartford to advance strong environmental policies for CT communities, the same battles are being fought in Washington, DC, by our friends and leaders at the League of Conservation Voters. CTLCV thanks them for their advocacy and thanks our federal delegation for their hard work in standing up against environmental injustices at the national level.” said Connor Yakaitis, CTLCV Deputy Director.

“We’ve never seen a Congressional majority so willfully abandon its responsibilities to protect their own constituents and the Constitution and instead relentlessly attack the health and safety of our communities, our environment, and our right to a free and fair democracy,” said LCV Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Sara Chieffo. “Those members of Congress who voted for the “Big Ugly Bill” killed clean energy incentives at a time when energy demand is at all-time highs and energy prices are rising higher than ever. It’s no surprise that while this Congress has been doing the bidding of President Trump and Big Polluters, utility costs rose 13% nationwide last year. We commend the members of Congress who forced votes to protect U.S.-made clean energy, our treasured public lands, critical federal agency funding, and our rights — pushing back on extreme Republican efforts to make it harder for people to vote and hand even more power to Trump.”

The full delegation’s scores for 2025 are:
Senator Blumenthal - 97% 
Senator C. Murphy - 97%
Representative Larson, J. - 97%
Representative Courtney - 100%
Representative DeLauro - 100%
Representative Himes - 97%
Representative Hayes - 100%

The 2025 Scorecard scored:
34 Senate votes including:

• 11 amendments showing where members stood on affordable clean energy, manufacturing jobs, public lands, and federal workers on the Big Ugly Bill and its final passage (which LCV double scored) 
• 7 nominees picked solely for their loyalty to Trump and fossil fuels
• 13 Congressional Review Act (CRA) attacks on clean air and water, wildlife, and public lands

32 House votes including:

• 8 bills driving up energy costs by blocking clean energy or giving handouts to dirty energy and the final passage of the Big Ugly Bill (which LCV double scored)
• 4 bills undermining public input on decisions affecting our environment and communities
• The SAVE Act to make voter registration more onerous
• The same 13 Congressional Review Act (CRA) attacks on clean air and water, wildlife, and public lands scored on the Senate side

For a combined record number of 66 votes in the annual Scorecard undermining the programs and laws that advance a safe climate, environment, and democracy.


LCV has published a National Environmental Scorecard every Congress since 1970. The Scorecard represents the consensus of experts from more than 20 respected environmental and conservation  organizations who selected the key votes on which members of Congress should be scored. LCV scores votes on the most important issues of the year, including energy, climate change, environmental justice, public health, public lands and wildlife conservation, democracy, and spending for environmental programs. The votes included in the Scorecard presented members of Congress with a real choice and helped distinguish which legislators are working for environmental protection. More information on individual votes and the Scorecard archive can be found at scorecard.lcv.org.

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The CT League of Conservation Voters (CTLCV) is a nonpartisan statewide organization dedicated to protecting Connecticut's environment.  CTLCV works to pass equitable and sustainable legislation that impacts our air, land, water, wildlife, and climate and holds all state legislators accountable with an annual Environmental Scorecard. Visit ctlcv.org for more information on CTLCV.
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