The New Mexico Senate appears a little greener than the House, judging by scorecards of legislators’ votes released Tuesday by two leading environmental groups, Environment New Mexico and Conservation Voters of New Mexico.

In both cases, more senators than representatives earned perfect scores from the groups, casting green votes on measures ranging from protecting Estancia Basin water to opposing rollbacks of environmental rulemaking, from energy efficiency to urban sprawl. Only a handful of the select votes were the same on both scorecards.

Tops on the list of senators for Environment New Mexico with perfect scores of 100 were Dede Feldman and Cisco McSorley of Albuquerque, John Grubesic of Santa Fe and Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez of Belen — Democrats all.

At the other end of the group’s spectrum, Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, got a goose egg. Fellow Republicans Mark Boitano and Kent Cravens, both of Albuquerque, were just barely ahead on the score card, with 14 and 17 points, respectively.

On the House side, only Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, scored 100 percent on the 10 measures selected to highlight legislators’ green cred. Democratic Reps. Antonio "Moe" Maestas of Albuquerque and Elias Barela of Belen were tied at 89 points apiece.

The environmentalists found little support on the other side of the aisle. Rep. Justine Fox-Young, R-Albuquerque, and Janice Powdrell-Culbert, R-Corrales, were barely into double digits, scoring 13 points apiece.

Conservation Voters of New Mexico’s scorecard was similar, but not a mirror. Its top senators also included Sanchez, McSorley, Grubesic and Feldman, along with John Pinto, a veteran Democrat from the Four Corners region. The group also gave perfect scores to Reps. Chasey and Barela.

On its list of not-so-green legislators, the group gave zeroes to Republican Sens. Vernon Asbill of Carlsbad and Carroll Leavell of Jal, as well as to Sharer and Cravens. No one in the House scored so low, but Fox-Young and Powdrell-Culbert were again at the bottom of the list, with 11 points each.

The legislative scorecard is an annual affair for many advocacy groups, and is an easy way for the organizations to let voters know how their viewpoints are being represented in Santa Fe or Washington, D.C.

“Since it’s not always possible for citizens to keep track of how decision-makers are voting in Santa Fe, these scorecards help to educate the public about some of the most important issues affecting New Mexico’s environment and how their elected representatives voted,” said Environment New Mexico Director Lauren Ketcham.