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Nine of 28 members of the legislature’s Environment Committee got failing grades in an environmental scorecard issued today by the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, and Democrats outscored Republicans by a widening margin.
Overall, the legislature got improving grades from 2011 to 2012, when the average score jumped from 76 percent to 91 percent. A failing grade was 60 percent or lower.
Passing grades
Failing grades
Mark is the Capitol Bureau Chief and a co-founder of CT Mirror. He is a frequent contributor to WNPR, a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer, and contributor for The New York Times.
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