The Maryland League of Conservation Voters released its annual legislative scorecard yesterday, and Democrats outscored Republicans on votes the environmental group considers important.
League officials said the disparity points up a "disturbing trend" toward partisan politics on environmental issues.
All 26 legislators who received 100 percent scores for votes on issues such as dredge-spoil dumping, electricity deregulation, traffic congestion, air pollution and sprawl were Democrats, and three of the four who scored 0 were Republicans.
