Citizens Campaign for the Environment
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Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) was founded in 1985 by a small group of Long Island
citizens. CCE is as a not-for-profit
. Offices are in Farmingdale, NY, White Plains, NY, Albany, NY, Syracuse, NY, Buffalo, NY, and New Haven, CT. CCE has 80,000 members and is a non-partisan environmental advocacy organization and is classified as a 501(c)4 non-profit.
CCE advocates local, state, and federal environmental policy. CCE is best known regionally for its work on Long Island Sound and Great Lakes protection. CCE works in five main campaign areas: water protection; public health, toxics, and recycling; open space and wildlife habitat; climate change and energy policy; and legislative campaigns
CCE's stated mission is "Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) works to build widespread citizen understanding and advocacy for policies and actions designed to manage and protect our natural resources and public health."
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
citizens. CCE is as a not-for-profit
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
. Offices are in Farmingdale, NY, White Plains, NY, Albany, NY, Syracuse, NY, Buffalo, NY, and New Haven, CT. CCE has 80,000 members and is a non-partisan environmental advocacy organization and is classified as a 501(c)4 non-profit.
CCE advocates local, state, and federal environmental policy. CCE is best known regionally for its work on Long Island Sound and Great Lakes protection. CCE works in five main campaign areas: water protection; public health, toxics, and recycling; open space and wildlife habitat; climate change and energy policy; and legislative campaigns
CCE's stated mission is "Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) works to build widespread citizen understanding and advocacy for policies and actions designed to manage and protect our natural resources and public health."