Civic Engagement and Democracy

Clean Water Action harnesses the grassroots power of our membership by endorsing in elections from the local to national level to elect progressive environmental champions who will work to protect clean water and fight climate change

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Civic Engagement and Elections

Winning Elections for Our Water

Since 2006, Clean Water Action has endorsed 1,715 candidates, helping 1,208 (70%) win their races.

Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy
Civic Engagement and Elections, Oil and Gas

Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy

Americans should understand the goal of the oil and gas industry: drill, extract, and burn all the oil and gas resources it can acquire. The business plan is to burn it all.Stranglehold: Oil and Gas Money is Choking Our Democracy

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Climate Change and Clean Energy, Oil and Gas

Governor Inslee’s Statement on Line 5 Shows Bold Leadership on Climate

The following statement can be attributed to Sean McBrearty, Michigan Program Organizer, Clean Water Action:

Civic Engagement and Elections, Water, Climate Change and Clean Energy, Oil and Gas

There is no time to waste -- Protecting clean water from Day One

"This executive order is a down-payment."

 

From We All Live Downstream

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A Democracy For The People: memories and lessons from Michigan elections
National
March 3, 2021

Years ago I volunteered on election day outside a suburban Detroit polling station at a majority Black precinct, speaking to voters about an renewable energy ballot proposal.

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Forward. Together.
Marching Forward Together -- Thoughts on the Inauguration of Joe Biden
National
January 20, 2021

"We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be a country that is bruised, but whole, benevolent, but bold, fierce, and free. We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation."  -- Amanda Gorman, Youth Poet Laureate, January 20, 2021

I was angry.

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Thank you
2020 has been a long year -- but we got through it thanks to our supporters
National
December 3, 2020

Normally my Thanksgiving message is pretty easy -- I talk about the things that Clean Water has to be thankful for and then profusely thank our members for the support throughout the year. And we do have plenty to be thankful for and I will thank you, but I also want to acknowledge that 2020 has been a long, tough year.

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