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Illinois Environmental Council Releases 2025 Environmental Scorecards for Lawmakers and Chicago Aldermen (Chicago, IL) – The Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) has released its 2025 Environmental Scorecards, grading state lawmakers and Chicago alderpersons on their records with key environmental legislation and ordinances.
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The state legislative scorecard evaluated lawmakers on 16 bills from the 2025 session, with 39 representatives and 25 senators receiving perfect scores. Among the highlighted measures were a phase-out of PFAS chemicals in consumer products by 2032, funding and governance reforms for public transit, and the creation of Illinois’ first Climate Displacement Task Force.
IEC Executive Director Jen Walling said the annual scorecard gives voters “the best way to evaluate whether your legislators have used their power in the General Assembly to protect you, plants, animals and our environment or to aid big polluters.”
In addition to the annual rankings, IEC updated lifetime scores for lawmakers, calculated every five years. More than half of current senators and representatives hold career averages above 90 percent since IEC began its scoring in 1973.
The biennial Chicago City Council Scorecard tracked alderpersons’ votes on eight ordinances. Twenty alderpersons earned a perfect 100 percent, including those who supported new transparency requirements for CTA operations, the establishment of a Department of Environment in the city budget, and a study on the environmental impacts of data centers.
“These 20 alderpersons have been environmental leaders in the Chicago City Council during their time in office,” said Iyana Simba, IEC’s city government affairs director. She noted that the council will soon consider the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance, a measure aimed at protecting vulnerable communities from pollution.
IEC officials said both scorecards reflect the growing political influence of environmental issues in Illinois and Chicago.
Illinois Environmental Council Releases 2025 Environmental Scorecards for Lawmakers and Chicago Aldermen