2008 was a banner year for clean energy in Massachusetts. Clean Water Action, our members and local partners helped lead the charge for three new laws that bring great promise to the development of clean energy in our state:

* The Global Warming Solutions Act mandates a long-term plan of action to reduce global warming pollution in Massachusetts up to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and 80 percent by 2050.  

Diesel Pollution Makes Us Sick

Diesel exhaust contains respiratory irritants, cancer-causing
chemicals, more than 40 "air toxics," and fine particulate matter (PM).
Tiny particles in diesel pollution are inhaled deep in human lungs,
where they can trigger asthma and heart attacks. Moreover, diesel
exhaust is emitted at ground level - just where we breathe it in.

Clean Water Action endorses candidates for office who we believe will be champions for the environment based on candidate's record and endorsement questionnaires.

We inform our members about our local endorsements and encourage them to vote for our candidate. For key races, our field teams go door to door in the candidate's district talking with our members about the election and urging them to vote for our endorsed candidates.

Clean Water Action has joined with several national organizations as part of the Computer Take Back Campaign to address the growing electronic waste problem. Check out the new campaign website: ComputerTakeBack.com

Clean Water Action has brought together a statewide alliance of environmental, consumer and public health groups. The focus of the Campaign is to provide safe and affordable drinking water to residents of Massachusetts by advancing policies and practices that protect ecologically important habitat and watershed resources and prevent contamination of drinking water from watershed to water tap.

From before we are born until the time we die, every one of us is repeatedly and regularly exposed to toxic chemicals that can seriously harm our health.