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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. I spoke to one man trying to vote before work. He arrived an hour before his shift, but the wait was already too long. Returned on his lunch break only to turn around after seeing the still long line. He got back in line after 5 PM. When I saw him checking the time an hour later and quietly heading to his car, I asked him why he had to leave again without casting his vote - it was obviously important to him. His child’s

By Becky Smith, Massachusetts Water and Clean Energy Organizer Courtesy of CLF.org Christmas comes early for natural gas companies that collected nearly $40 million dollars in 2010 from natural gas customers for gas that never arrived or got consumed by a home, business, school, hospital, or other end user in MA. Customers are unwittingly signing big checks back to the gas companies for this polluting “gift.” Natural gas leaks underneath Boston and throughout Massachusetts are releasing methane – a very potent greenhouse gas – at an alarming rate. Methane is 20 times more effective at trapping

By Erin Adair, Colorado Program Coordinator On Wednesday, Nov 14 th in Denver, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission held a hearing for its rulemaking process around ground water monitoring at drill sites and the distance drill sites are allowed to be from homes and schools – or “setbacks”. The hearing was jam-packed, and brought industry, state employees, environmental groups, and the concerns of the public to the table. This is why Clean Water Action showed up. Clean Water Action’s program and canvass staff demonstrated outside the public meeting holding signs saying “Move the