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Vote Like Your Environment Depends on It
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO Because it does! This election is one of the most important in recent memory for people who care about the environment. On the one hand, we have an incumbent President with a great record on the environment. A President who has taken action to cut the pollution that is making our kids sick, to create new “green jobs” and to save consumers money. On the other side, we have a challenger who made a joke about climate change in his acceptance speech, who promises to roll back initiatives to increase gas mileage for cars and to cut mercury releases from power
Proposal 3: Working Towards a Healthier Michigan
Election Day is here and the decisions you make today will impact the lives of every American. In addition to voting for our next President of the United States, Michigan has six non-partisan proposals on the ballot. One of these proposals – Proposal 3 – will make Michigan a healthier place to live by investing in alternative and clean energy. I voted “YES!” on Proposal 3. Here's why. Proposal 3 will “increase our state’s use of renewable energy, creating thousands of jobs for Michigan workers, attracting $10.3 billion in new investments to our state, reducing pollution in the air and water
#GoVote
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications It's just past 8 am on the west coast, which means that all polls are open in the lower forty-eight (Hawaii and Alaska are very soon). That means it's time to brave the long lines and the cold and #GoVote. Don't forget the first rule of voting - never vote alone - bring your friends and family with you and get them to join you as a clean water voter. This election matters like no other. We're either going to re-elect the most consequential environmental President in modern history (he hasn't been too shabby on other issues either) or we're
A Vote for a Healthier Tomorrow
By Andy Fellows, Chesapeake Regional Director For those who haven't voted early, November 6th is the most powerful day for acting with fellow Americans who care about water, and our country's and the planet's natural resources. A vote for Barack Obama and other pro-environment candidates like Virginia Senate candidate Tim Kaine ( ed note: And Elizabeth Warren. And Chris Murphy. And Debbie Stabenow. And Ben Cardin. And David Cicilline. And all of the clean water candidates out there) is a vote for a healthier tomorrow. Thanks for voting and exercising your most powerful tool to hold polluters
Voting,after Sandy
By Amy Goldsmith, NJEF Director (New Jersey Environmental Federation is Clean Water Action's New Jersey chapter) A little over a week ago, New Jersey was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. Families left without heat, electricity, homes, any of their belongings, and clean drinking water. The "Tide Truck" arrived a few days ago to help people wash their clothes when there was no power or laundromats to be found. When the flood waters recede, the Jersey Shore is likely to be left with briny reminders of Hurricane Sandy in its soil and drinking water wells. As sea levels rise and storm surges occur more