IEC Scorecard2014 SenGROUPThis week, the Illinois Environmental Council gave State Senator Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago) and 34 other legislators a perfect score on their 2014 Environmental Scorecard.

“I am so honored by earning a 100 percent Environmental Scorecard award,” said Hunter, Majority Caucus Whip. “Thank you for recognizing the work of my colleagues and I.”

Elected officials had to vote in favor of 11 major environmentally friendly pieces of legislation in order to receive a perfect score.

Those bills included:

 

  •  New rules for farmers markets to support local farmers and local food. (HB5657)
  • An authorization for the procurement of up to $30 million in solar power by the Illinois Power Agency. (HB2427).
  • New protections for cougars, bears, and wolves. (SB3049)
  • A ban on microbeads in personal care products to protect the Great Lakes – the first such ban in the world. (SB2727).
  • A study on urban flooding by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. (SB2966)
  • An expansion of the clean water initiative to fund loans for green stormwater infrastructure and pollution prevention projects. (SB2780).