LCV - In 2017, 46 GOP Senators Racked Up Scores Of 0 Across The Board On Environmental Issues

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The two main U.S. political parties regularly voted along the same lines on clean air and clean water provisions in the 1970s but started to diverge in the 1990s. They now occupy opposite ends of the spectrum, according to data collated by the nonpartisan group the League of Conservation Voters (LCV).

Amid Trump’s zeal for environmental deregulation and an unfolding climate crisis that is now more divisive than abortion for many Americans, this polarization is at record levels. Since Trump’s election, Democrats across Congress have voted for pro-environment legislation 92 percent of the time on average, compared with 5 percent for Republicans, according to an analysis by LCV. It said 2017 was a particularly extreme year, with Republicans in the Senate voting for environmental protections just 1 percent of the time. Forty-six Republican senators voted against environmental protections at every single opportunity.



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The divide has been exacerbated by funding from the fossil fuel industry, which now firmly backs Republicans.

Data collected by the transparency group OpenSecrets shows donations from oil and gas interests were split relatively evenly between the parties until the 2000s. By the 2018 election cycle, 87 percent of industry contributions went to Republicans, with the proportion in the 2020 cycle, which is yet to be completed, reaching a record 89 percent.

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https://e360.yale.edu/digest/lawmakers-political-divide-over-climate-change-has-grown-in-the-trump-era