Turning Out the Environmental Vote in 2010

Clean Water Action builds grassroots strength in key states and communities to change politics and environmental policy in states, local communities and Washington, DC. We run muscular and effective grassroots campaigns to defeat anti-environment candidates, and support candidates who are committed to protecting our waters, our health, and our future. Our political program is non partisan.

Find an event in Florida, New Jersey, or where you live.

It's clear from the disaster in the Gulf that oil is risky, dirty, and dangerous.

Join Clean Water Action members and supporters in Florida on Saturday, June 26th for a national day of action to help clean up America's energy and to call on President Obama to move us off oil.

Find a Hand Across the Sand event in Florida, New Jersey, or in other parts of the U.S. or around the world.

For local organizing or attendance information in Florida, please contact Kathy Aterno.

Presented by Clean Water Fund

Learn how Loudoun County residents can

• Save Money
• Protect Safe, Affordable Drinking Water
• Conserve Virginia’s Natural Resources

using 21st century approaches to water management.

On November 3, vote for a Sustainable Virginia

Clean Water Action endorses candidates who

• fight for legislation to protect all streams, large and small, from pollution and degradation;
• work to protect streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.
• support preserving open space in Northern Virginia to combat sprawl, protecting the quality of the water we drink and holding down water treatment costs.
• support the development of clean sources of energy like wind and solar and aggressive fuel efficiency standards to save Virginia residents money while addressing the climate change crisis.

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. 

Clean Water Action has endorsed Gerry Connolly (VA, CD 11) and Frank Kratovil (MD, CD 1) for Congress.

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.)

Uranium mining was banned in Virginia in the early 1980s. Now, industry interests in Virginia seek to lift the 25-year ban and begin uranium explorations in the southern county of Pittsylvania. Legislation that many believe would lead to the lifting of the moratorium was introduced during the 2008 General Assembly Session. The bill passed in the State Senate, but was defeated by the House Rules Committee. Revised legislation is expected to be presented to the General Assembly in January 2009.

Virginia’s Citizen Environmental Boards successfully fought off an attempt by legislative allies of developers and other polluter interests to disband the citizen-staffed boards during the 2008 General Assembly Session in Richmond. Legislative attempts to pass bills that would have eliminated the citizen boards were defeated through the combined efforts of environmental groups, elected officials and concerned citizens. Revised legislation was passed that strengthens the Citizen Environmental Boards, preserving their permitting authority and oversight.