Clean Water Fund and Clean Water Action will be hiring a full-time or part-time campaign organizer for the Diesel Pollution Solution campaign. This organizer will organize community and constituency group support for local, state, and federal action to clean-up polluting diesel vehicles.
The Diesel Pollution Solution is a coalition of local and state-wide advocacy groups working to improve air quality in MA. Diesel exhaust from buses, trains, and trucks is a serious danger to our health, particularly in urban neighborhoods. In fact, MA ranks 5th for the worst health impacts from diesel pollution, and those health impacts include: 475 premature deaths, 727 non-fatal heart attacks and 9923 asthma attacks. In addition to harmful particulate matter in diesel soot, diesel engines represent a significant, controllable source of black carbon, which contribute significantly to global warming. Reducing black carbon can provide net cooling benefits in the near term while carbon dioxide reduction strategies and technologies are developed and implemented.
Organizer Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Environmental Health Organizer will include community education and grassroots leadership development; making public presentations to groups; preparing materials and training for grassroots community groups; building and strengthening project coalitions; media work, including writing press releases and organizing press events; assisting in the research, distribution and publicizing of policy and research reports; fundraising to support these projects; interacting with public officials in policy forums; helping to develop on-going strategies for these projects; and other responsibilities as needed.
Annual salary range around $30,000/annum, commensurate with experience. Please click here for more about this position.
