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Clean Water Action's Field Canvass Made a Difference in Midterms
Statewide, the organization's robust field operations brought dozens of professional canvassers into neighborhoods throughout four targeted districts - knocking on more than 220,000 doors across New Jersey and mobilizing tens of thousands of voters to the polls.
Trees can’t vote. Rivers can’t vote. You can.
Our rivers, streams, and wetlands threatened by a repeal of the Clean Water Rule can not vote. Our western forests threatened by more frequent and severe wildfires due to climate change can not vote. Endangered species, like the iconic California Condor, threatened by congressional rollbacks on protections, can not vote.
Why we must face climate change with a positive attitude
The world won’t end if humans keep up with business as usual, but we will face the most catastrophic loss of human and animal life the world has ever seen. We can’t downplay these findings. The real question is how do we talk about this in a way that communicates meaning and mobilization, instead of fear?
Powerful Women: Rachel Carson & Silent Spring Institute
By Cindy Luppi, New England Regional Director Did you know that breast cancer rates in Massachusetts are among the highest in the nation? And that the rates on the Cape and Islands are the highest in Massachusetts? The scientists at Silent Spring Institute, founded in 1994, are working to solve the intricate puzzle of environmental links to this breast cancer epidemic. Their landmark research has ranged from studying the toxic contamination of Cape Cod well water to examination of toxic flame retardants building up in indoor household dust, and beyond. The top five reasons we highlight the
There's Something in the Air
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director It's the sound of our government implementing the clean air and clean water laws we work so hard to pass. Today's announcement of new air pollution controls for cars and gasoline production are welcome news for people struggling with asthma, especially in areas where the health threat from smog and other air pollution is high. The new program is needed because we still haven't met our clean air goals for soot, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. That sounds complicated, but it's not. It means we can get $6 billion in
