Environmental Action

Environmental Action is a 501(c)(4) non-profit environmental advocacy organization in the United States, with over 800,000 members. Founded in 1970 by environmental activists at the first Earth Day, they are a part of a larger family of non-profit organizations called the Public Interest Network: including the Public Interest Research Group, Environment America, Green Corps and others.

Environmental Action developed the original "Dirty Dozen" list of members of Congress with poor records on environmental issues in 1970, and it has been run annually ever since in partnership with the League of Conservation Voters., They helped convince Richard Nixon to support the Clean Air Act of 1970, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. The organization was rebooted in 2012, and Drew Hudson serves as the Executive Director.