2008 Endorsed Winning Candidates
U.S. Congress and State Offices
Clean Water Action endorsed 234 candidates for federal and state offices in 2008, with 84 percent of them winning their elections. Below are the winning candidates plus one still too call.
Pennsylvania 2008 Election Endorsements
Clean Water Action has endorsed a candidate in the Presidential race and in Congressional and state legislative races across Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State Legislator Environmental Scorecard, 2007-2008
Want to know how your state Representative and Senator votes on the environment? Download our Pennsylvania Environmental Scorecard (pdf, 560 kb) and find out!
Clean Water Action and Sierra Club have scored all Pennsylvania legislators on their votes on air quality, clean energy, transportation, open space, and more. Votes scored covered both 2007 and 2008.
Get the Pennsylvania Environmental Scorecard (pdf, 560 kb)
2008 Clean Water Action Endorsements
Clean Water Action has endorsed a candidate in both the Presidential race and in Congressional races around the country.
Update (November 7, 2008: Find out which of our endorsed candidates on the state and federal levels won their elections.)
Elections 2008: Help Pennsylvania Vote for Our Environment and Our Health!
Clean Water Action is working to make sure that strong pro-environment candidates are elected to office this year. From the Presidency, to Congress, to our State legislature, we need candidates elected who truly support clean water, clean air, and clean energy. You can help! Please sign up to volunteer and make sure Pennsylvania casts a vote for protecting our environment and our health this November!
Comprehensive Stormwater Management
Clean Water Fund is helping municipalities in Southeastern Pennsylvania adopt effective stormwater management ordinances to protect water resources.
Hazelton Dredge Spoils Dumping
Clean Water Action is working with citizen groups and State Representative Todd Eachus to prevent developers from using dredge spoils from river and harbor deepening projects in PA, NJ, NY and MD to fill in an abandoned mine pit in the City of Hazleton. After the closing of the mine in the 1940s, the City had used the property as a landfill. While there is no comprehensive list of what was dumped there, industrial electrical capacitors have been removed from the site, leading people to wonder if other, potentially hazardous items remain underground.
Protecting the Upper Perkiomen
Upper Perkiomen Creek Upgrade
Clean Water Action has joined with several other organizations and county and municipal agencies to support a petition to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to increase protection for the Upper Perkiomen Creek and its tributaries. The Creek and its watershed have been evaluated by the Stroud Water Research Center and found to qualify for Exceptional Value (EV) status, which would afford it the highest level of protection Pennsylvania offers.
Allegheny County Needs Clean Air
Every year industry in Allegheny County releases 6 million pounds of toxic chemicals into our air. Some of these chemicals can cause serious health problems like cancer, birth defects, and asthma. Allegheny County is currently ranked #2 in the nation for air pollution.