Washington DC - "While this is not the outcome we hoped for, we are grateful to our tireless state election leads, hardworking canvassers, and dedicated Clean Water members who poured their hearts and countless hours into encouraging Americans to protect our water through their votes.
Looking ahead, we must prepare ourselves for potential threats to environmental protections and public health safeguards under the Trump administration. We anticipate challenges to clean water and clean air programs, cuts to federal environmental and public health programs, reversals of climate initiatives, and an abandonment of critical water projects in communities nationwide. We must remain vigilant in fighting rollbacks or new initiatives that will harm front line communities and the most vulnerable among us. But we also need to do more than just play defense - we need to build a mass-based movement that brings together disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force going forward.
Our mission has never been more vital. Remain on this journey with us as we continue our efforts for water that is fishable, swimmable, and drinkable for all people in all communities."
Jeff Carter
President and CEO
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund
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Since our founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table. Learn more at www.cleanwater.org.