Clean Water Action helps to organize and support municipal clean energy groups across the state of Connecticut in a variety of ways.  In addition to being a major partner in the Neighbor to Neighbor Clean Energy Challenge program, our full-time staff Justin Haaheim and Roger Smith work specifically with town and grassroots groups across the state to build capacity, strengthen connections to other groups and involve municipal voices in State-level advocacy.

Clean Water Action coordinates the Connecticut Climate Coalition, a coalition of more than 90 health, faith, business, and environmental organizations.

The debate over the science on global warming has shifted to a debate about how best to address the problem. Since 2002 Clean Water Action and Connecticut Climate Coalition supporters have been working to demonstrate public support to make progress at the state level a reality.

In 2004 we worked to pass global warming goals legislation in the spring of 2004. The legislation adopted the New England Governors pollution reduction goals of cutting pollution to 10% below 1990 levels by the year 2020 and 80% by 2050 and mandated that the state release a climate plan by February 2005.

History of the Sooty Six Campaign: