Four Decades
Connecticut
Safe Chemicals Now!
Action is needed to protect American families from toxic chemicals.Early puberty, childhood cancer, infertility, learning and developmental disabilities are rising at alarming rates. Studies show links between toxic chemicals we’re exposed to every day and many of these negative health trends. Almost all pregnant women in America contain toxic chemicals in their bodies.
This is unacceptable. Tell Congress to Act Now.
Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge
Clean Water Action is coordinating outreach for this innovative effort to help residents of 14 towns save energy and save money on their utility bills. Clean Water Action and a corps of recent college graduates are working closely with municipal leaders and local volunteers to help communities come together around the goal of helping 10% of households cut their energy use 20% over a 3 year period.
Visit this page for more information.
The CSHC February 2012 Newsletter
Make Connecticut Safe & Healthy! The CSHC February Newsletter
- Federal Update: Safe Chemicals Act
- State update: Help CT Lead the Way!
- CSHC in the news
- New Members
- Our New Look
Municipal Organizing in Connecticut
Welcome! This page is a resource for task force/energy group leaders in CT. Be sure to check out the many resources listed below, and don't hesitate to write to Justin Haaheim, our lead organizer for municipalities, at jhaaheim@cleanwater.org.
Resources
Clean Water maintains a handful of useful resources for municipal leaders across the state including a contacts/resources directory and various guides on organizing, clean energy, energy efficiency and related topics. You can access those in this google docs folder: http://bitly.com/cwactpublic
Here are a few of those resources:
Contact Name:
Justin Haaheim
Contact Phone:
1 203-936-9006
Contact Email:
Action for Clean Water
why we fight for clean water progress
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The CSHC December 2011 Newsletter
Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut - the December Newsletter
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We continue to work with our national SAFER and Safer Chemicals Healthy Families colleagues to press for meaningful reform of our outdated and ineffective federal Toxic Substances Control Act. The Safe Chemicals Act 2011, a bill supported by our national partners, goes a long way to fix our broken system. We’ve generated numerous calls and hundreds of citizen letters to our U.S. Senators urging them to support this bill. We are extremely grateful to Senator Blumenthal for his leadership in signing on as a co-sponsor. We continue to urge Senator Lieberman to do the same.
Clean Energy In Connecticut
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Great News for Clean Energy
Together with nine other nonprofits, Clean Water Fund won a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to run an innovative grassroots energy efficiency campaign, the Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge.
New England Currents | Winter
new england currents
winter 2011/2012 edition
Inside
making manufacturers take out the trash!
Americans generate a lot of trash — some would say, much more than their “fair share.” Many people feel that each individual should be responsible for reducing their own waste, perhaps along with the local community recycling program. The reality is that cities and towns have ended up bearing most of the responsibility — and the costs — for figuring out ways to reduce waste and make recycling programs work. Over the past ten years, however, new policies challenging this conventional approach have started gaining traction.
Anne Hulick Awarded
In 1980 the Connecticut Nurses’ Association established the Diamond Jubilee Awards to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Association. These prestigious awards represent the highest honor that the nursing profession in Connecticut can bestow on one of its own, a kind of “Nobel Prize” in nursing. These awards are named after some of the most distinguished leaders in Connecticut nursing history. The awards are presented annually at a gala. This year one of Clean Water Action's amazing teamis being awarded for her excellence!
Smog
choking on a bad smog decision:
first reactions from the frontlines
Here are some of the first reactions from folks on the frontlines here at Clean Water Action when they heard the President’s announcement that pending rules to crack down on health-harming ozone pollution would be shelved indefinitely.
