AUGUSTA – Rep. Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, has received a 100 percent rating on environmental and public health policy votes in the newly released Maine Conservation Voters' 2017 Environmental Scorecard.

"Maine's environment is the core of its future, but more than that it is the basis for our wellbeing," said Zeigler. "We need to strive to protect that environment."

The statewide environmental advocacy group took into account seven key bills from the first session of the 128th Legislature. The bills included landmark mining protections, banning toxic chemicals in upholstery, raising awareness of arsenic in well water and adding a 5 cent deposit on 'nip' liquor bottles in an effort to reduce litter.

Lawmakers were also scored on critical solar legislation that ultimately failed in the House when not enough representatives voted to override the governor's veto.

View the scorecard online at www.maineconservation.org/scores. You can choose your legislators or search for them by your address in order to view their conservation records through the years and read more about the priority issues MCV scored this year.

Zeigler is serving his first term in the Legislature. He represents Belmont, Liberty, Lincolnville, Montville, Morrill, Palermo and Searsmont.