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Dave Levandsky for Pennsylvania State Representative
By Steve Hvozdovich, Marcellus Campaign Coordinator We're less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. In 2010, the environment lost one of its biggest champions in Harrisburg, Dave Levdansky, by a mere 150 votes. During Dave’s years representing the 39 th district in western Pennsylvania he fought for our health, safety, and environment through efforts like protecting our state forests from natural gas drilling and passing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act. This year we have the
What's at Stake in Rhode Island: RIPTA
By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director We're less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. It’s time to take a look as some of our General Assembly candidates. Rhode Island’s universal support for the environment keeps it out of the ProJo and off the 11 o’clock news during campaign season. That doesn’t mean the voters should forget our November 6th choices will chart Rhode Island’s path for the next two years. Lately, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has been a political
Sandy, Climate Change, and the Election
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications We’re less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. Sandy hits New York Climate change did not “cause” Sandy. Except that it did. Except that the question, “did climate change cause Sandy?” doesn’t matter. Storms like Sandy are too complex to have one cause, though they certainly do have a (big) climate change connection. Grist explains it here. "Did climate change cause it?" is now asked after every natural disaster (which I suppose
Green Procurement
Most of us don't think much about the impact of our purchases on the marketplace but when we make conscious choices to purchase furniture without toxic chemical flame retardants, cookware without harmful perflourinated chemicals or children's products without bisphenol A, we're sending a message to retailers that we want safe products and they pay attention. Our Mind the Store campaign has made a huge impact with the world's largest retailers and succeeded in getting Walmart, Target, CVS, Home Depot and Lowe's to work with their suppliers and shift away from some of the most harmful chemicals
Emily Ranson
Emily grew up in Maryland, where she cultivated fond memories of playing in the streams and rivers in central Maryland. She received her master of science from Cornell University studying conflict resolution and community-based natural resource management. Emily cut her advocacy teeth with Bike Maryland, working with state and local governments, businesses, and community activists throughout the state to promote a Bike Friendly Maryland. As the Maryland Program Director, Emily heads our legislative work in Annapolis and works on the local level for policies and practices that protect our
