Clean Water Action Massachusetts had a banner year for local elections in 2008. Eighteen of the 20 candidates that we endorsed in the Massachusetts legislature won their races in the Primary on September 17th and the General Election on November 4th.

U.S. Congress and State Offices

Clean Water Action endorsed 155 candidates for federal and state offices in 2008, with 80 percent of them winning their elections. Below are the winning candidates plus a few still too close to call as of November 6.

Clean Water Action has endorsed the following pro-environment candidates and positions on ballot Proposition measures.

Clean Water Action has endorsed Gerry Connolly (VA, CD 11) and Frank Kratovil (MD, CD 1) for Congress.

Clean Water Action has endorsed a candidate in the Presidential race and in Congressional and state legislative races across Pennsylvania.

Clean Water Action provides endorsements each election year after carefully reviewing candidates' responses to questionnaires, reviews by a local committee, and in the case of officeholders a close examination of voting records and performance. Find out more about our legislative scorecard.

On November 4th, Massachusetts voters will be asked to vote on Question #1 - a reckless and binding proposal to eliminate the state income tax. This would eliminate at least $12 billion-nearly 40%-from the state budget. Such a cut would lead to draconian cuts in state services. City and towns would loose state aid, be forced to drastically raise property taxes, and cut services.

Clean Water Action is particularly concerned that the enforcement of laws that protect our air, water, and community health would suffer. Question #1 would force drastic cuts in "discretionary" state programs decimating education, infrastructure, public safety, and environmental protection.

Get Out The Vote!

On November 4^th our Environment will be on the ballot. Our vote will protect our lakes, rivers, and streams from dangerous pollution. Our vote will promote clean energy and green jobs. Our vote will challenge tax breaks to Big Oil.

Clean Water Action needs you to volunteer to Get out the Vote! We need you to contact our membership and tell them to vote. In a critical election like this one every vote counts; and we need them all!

Get out the Vote shifts are: Friday October 31, Saturday November 1, Sunday November 2, Monday November 3, Tuesday November 4

For too long, American power plants have been freely polluting our atmosphere with climate-changing carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution. This is about to change. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a coalition of 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states who are working together to put a price on pollution.