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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
It's Crazy Out There. So, What's Your Plan?
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications The election is tomorrow. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. Unless you've voted early by mail or in person (and good for you, if you have. Especially those who braved hours-long lines in Florida, Ohio, and other states where the ), you have to vote tomorrow. Make it easy, make a plan Life's busy, crazy even. From work to kids to school to dinner to cleaning out from Hurricane Sandy - you've got a ton going on. Voting may not seem like a top priority. But we
Vote Like You Care About Drinking Water!
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director The election is tomorrow. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. Given that we always choose clean drinking water as an issue of great importance in polls and surveys, perhaps we ought to think about it more when voting. Tomorrow we will pick a President and Representatives in the U.S. Congress. One-third of the U.S. Senate is also up for re-election. What these officeholders do impacts our drinking water and many other life support systems, which are protected by our
Mark Scappe for Pennsylvania State Representative
By Steve Hvozdovich, Marcellus Campaign Coordinator Mark Scappe for State House! 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. What kind of representative has Mark Mustio been for the people of the 44 th district? Let’s look at two situations that have occurred in just this past year. First, during debate on the biggest piece of environmental legislation in the past decade, Act 13 he was no where to be found. In fact he earned an incomplete on Clean Water Action’s Marcellus Shale