July 26, 2015
By Tamela Baker
In the eyes of Maryland Business for Responsive Government, (click here) which released its legislative report card last week, the Washington County delegation to the Maryland General Assembly had compiled an impressive record this year.
But to an environment-minded political action group, not so much.
The Maryland League of
Conservation Voters has just released its own 2015 scorecard, which
ranks legislators by their votes on environmental issues during the
General Assembly session that ended in April.
The group ranked state senators
by their votes on four pieces of legislation, and members of the House
of Delegates according to their votes on three bills the group deemed
important for the environment. Legislators had mixed reactions to the
ratings.
Senators were ranked by their
votes on a "fracking" moratorium, which prohibits permits for hydraulic
fracturing for natural gas until Oct. 1, 2017; a bill to strengthen
liability should fracking damage health, property or the environment; a
stormwater remediation bill and a bill for a commission on climate
change....
