The League of Conservation Voters' National Environmental Scorecard ranks lawmakers based on their voting record.
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With so much disagreement about environmental policy in the air, many people are turning to their representatives on the issue.
We dug into the League of Conservation Voters' annual scorecard to rank US senators based on their environmental legacies, according to the nonprofit political action organization's "lifetime score" of lawmakers' voting records. The most recent scorecard is from 2016, so new senators who were elected in November weren't included.
Here are the 15 worst senators for the environment, based on their lifetime score from the scorecard:
1. Sen. David Perdue, Republican from Georgia: 0%
1. Sen. Joni Ernst, Republican from Iowa: 0%
1. Sen. Ben Sasse, Republican from Nebraska: 0%
4. Sen. Mike Rounds, Republican from South Dakota: 2%
5. Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican from Arkansas: 3%
5. Sen. Steve Daines, Republican from Montana: 3%
5. Sen. Tim Scott, Republican from South Carolina: 3%
5. Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas: 3%
5. Sen. Todd Young, Republican from Indiana: 3%
6. Sen. David Vitter, Republican from Louisiana: 4%
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