Abysmal Scores for Majority of Federal Lawmakers on National Environmental Scorecard
Most of the extreme gerrymandered Congressional districts in North Carolina have produced members of Congress who regularly side with big polluters instead of human health and our environment, according to scores on the National Environmental Scorecard, released last week by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV).
Highlighting that disturbing result, the NC League of Conservation Voters (NCLCV) released the NC delegation’s scores. Nine of the fourteen House members from our state scored zeros – not a single pro-environment scored vote among them. On the other end of the scale, three of NC’s House delegation scored 100, casting their votes for the pro-environment option on every scored vote. Representatives Deborah Ross, Valerie Foushee, and Alma Adams earned perfect scores.
Out of Control Energy Costs
“We are deeply disappointed in most of our lawmakers’ failure to fight for North Carolinians and the future of our state,” said Carrie Clark, executive director of NCLCV. “We need more leaders who will stand up against out-of-control energy costs and fight for a safe and healthy place to live, rather than catering to Big Polluters, billionaires, and power-hungry politicians. While North Carolinians struggle to make ends meet, federal and state lawmakers continue to fail to provide emergency recovery funds to communities still suffering from Hurricane Helene’s devastation.”
She continues, “On the other end of the spectrum, three members of our delegation demonstrated the leadership we need as strong environmental champions; and we thank them for their commitment to North Carolinian families and communities.”
“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% last year.”
NC Delegation Scores
The full delegation’s scores for 2025 are:
Senator Budd – 3 percent
Senator Tillis – 9 percent
Representative Davis – 64 percent
Representative Ross – 100 percent
Representative Murphy – 0 percent
Representative Foushee – 100 percent
Representative Foxx – 0 percent
Representative McDowell – 0 percent
Representative Rouzer – 0 percent
Representative Harris – 0 percent
Representative Hudson – 0 percent
Representative Harrigan – 0 percent
Representative Edwards – 3 percent
Representative Adams – 100 percent
Representative Knott – 0 percent
Representative Moore – 0 percent
See all the details of the votes scored and how members of Congress performed.
