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John,

The past week has been simply incredible: Young people across the globe are taking to the streets demanding aggressive action to combat climate change. They're calling on our leaders to take bold steps to slow the climate crisis and end the age of fossil fuels — and we're proud to stand with them in the fight.

We also believe Mainers should be proud to know that their state is leading the fight on climate change, showing what can be done even without action at the national level. That's why, on the heels of the Climate Strikes here in Maine and across the planet, and Gov. Janet Mills’ call-to-action climate speech at the United Nations this week, MCV is excited to announce our legislative scorecard for 2019.

How did your lawmakers in Augusta stack up on important environmental issues this year? Click here to check out our newly released scorecard >> [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]

For eight long years, the demands of conservation voters in Maine went mostly unheard as the previous administration and many of its enablers at the State House blocked necessary environmental legislation, attempted to roll back important protections for our air, land and water, and ignored the climate crisis already affecting our state.

But this year — the first year of the 129th legislative session — was different, and it was momentous. Together with Gov. Mills, the Maine Legislature made groundbreaking progress to tackle climate change and transition Maine to 100% clean energy by 2050. Our lawmakers made tremendous progress on protecting our environment and reducing pollution, too.

In this year's scorecard, an incredible number of lawmakers — 88 in total — earned the title of "Conservation Champion," scoring 100% on every vote we ranked. Unfortunately, 10 members of the Maine House scored zero, voting against all of the important environmental bills we champion, so there is clearly much more work to be done.

We believe it's important to hold our elected officials accountable for their votes on climate, environmental protections, clean energy and so much more — and we know you think it's important, too.

Take a minute to see which lawmakers stood up for the Maine we all love. Find out on our 2019 Environmental Scorecard here >> [[link removed]]

All our best,

Beth and the entire team at Maine Conservation Voters
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