Editorials

Two Bay Area legislators received high marks from an environmental watchdog group that handed out report cards last week. 

The California League of Conservation Voters gave Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, D-Berkeley, a 100 percent score for her voting record on environmental issues in 2002, according to a release from the advocacy group. 

U.S. Rep. Anna Eschoo, D-Palo Alto, also received a perfect voting score from the conservation league, according to the congresswoman’s office. 

The conservation league cited three legislative priorities in its report card handed out Monday. 

Assembly Bill 1493, which adopts air standards to curb exhaust emissions from cars and trucks, and Senate Bill 1078, which requires energy suppliers to increase their use of renewable resources, both passed the Legislature and were signed by Gov. Gray Davis. 

The league’s other priority, Senate Bill 1994/Assembly Bill 2682, which sought to reduce diesel emissions, increase the use of alternative-fuel school buses, and impose a tax on petroleum that would go to fund cleanup operations, died in committee.