Clean Water Action endorses candidates for office who we believe will be champions for the environment based on candidate's record and endorsement questionnaires.

We inform our members about our local endorsements and encourage them to vote for our candidate. For key races, our field teams go door to door in the candidate's district talking with our members about the election and urging them to vote for our endorsed candidates.

Toxic Products: Threats to Water & Health

Majority of Chemicals not Tested

Awareness is growing about the presence of toxic chemicals in our consumer products and the risks these chemicals pose to our health and the health of the environment. Over 80,000 chemicals are in production in the U.S. Very few have regulations governing their release to the environment or are subject to monitoring. In addition, less than ten percent of these chemicals have been tested for their effect on human health.

Campaign Summary

After almost two years of debate, and much compromising, the Michigan legislature took a few halting steps down the path to our new, clean energy future when they passed a package of energy legislation on September 18th. It was clearly not strong enough, but it represents some modest gains and will push investment in renewable energy.

The following is a brief overview of key elements included in Michigan's new energy laws:

Clean Water Action coordinates the Connecticut Climate Coalition, a coalition of more than 90 health, faith, business, and environmental organizations.

The debate over the science on global warming has shifted to a debate about how best to address the problem. Since 2002 Clean Water Action and Connecticut Climate Coalition supporters have been working to demonstrate public support to make progress at the state level a reality.

In 2004 we worked to pass global warming goals legislation in the spring of 2004. The legislation adopted the New England Governors pollution reduction goals of cutting pollution to 10% below 1990 levels by the year 2020 and 80% by 2050 and mandated that the state release a climate plan by February 2005.

History of the Sooty Six Campaign:

Clean Water Action has joined with several national organizations as part of the Computer Take Back Campaign to address the growing electronic waste problem. Check out the new campaign website: ComputerTakeBack.com

Poison PCs

The electronics revolution is about to hit the landfill, and it isn't going to be pretty. Tens of millions of computers alone become obsolete every year and less than 10% are collected for recycling. It is estimated that the number of obsolete computers in the U.S. will soon be between 300 million and 600 million units. Discarded computers are hazardous waste and pose significant threats to human health.

Clean Water Action has brought together a statewide alliance of environmental, consumer and public health groups. The focus of the Campaign is to provide safe and affordable drinking water to residents of Massachusetts by advancing policies and practices that protect ecologically important habitat and watershed resources and prevent contamination of drinking water from watershed to water tap.

From before we are born until the time we die, every one of us is repeatedly and regularly exposed to toxic chemical that can seriously harm our health. Chemicals in our homes, schools and workplaces, found in such seemingly benign places as personal care products, cleaning products, toys, furniture, clothing, and food, have been linked to asthma, cancer, learning disabilities, reproductive damage, and a host of other diseases and disorders.

Clean Water Action is working on this campaign as a part of Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's (MTC) Clean Energy Choice Program

Electricity sold to Massachusetts customers has, for years, been overly dependent upon old dirty fuels such as coal and oil, and the nuclear reactors that threaten our health and safety. In an effort to balance the playing field of the energy marketplace, several groups are now offering green energy options to consumers that come from clean and renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric and biomass.