Last Congress was most hostile to environmental causes, say activists

The last Congress was the most hostile to environmental causes in 40 years, the League of Conservation Voters said on Wednesday in its annual report card on members' voting patterns.

The findings follow dozens of votes in the House to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency's authority, defund climate science education, weaken drinking water standards, open up the Arctic for drilling, remove protections for endangered sea turtles and fast-track the Keystone XL pipeline project, among other issues.

The House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans and taking its lead from Tea Party conservatives, hit a new low of 42% on the group's rating system.

"The best that can be said about this session of the 112th Congress is that it's over," the group's president, Gene Karpinski, said on the conference call.


This is a somewhat humiliating article from the Guardian. More at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/20/congress-low-score-league-of-conservation-voters