The Connecticut Citizen Action Group, or CCAG, is a public advocacy group prominent in Connecticut

Connecticut

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 politics. Founded by politician and consumer advocate Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader

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 and future Congressman Toby Moffett

Toby Moffett

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 in 1970, CCAG seeks to promote social, economic, and environmental justice

Environmental justice

Environmental justice is "the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies." In the words of Bunyan Bryant,...

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The organization has done extensive campaigning for clean elections

Clean elections

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, consumer protection

Consumer protection

Consumer protection laws designed to ensure fair trade competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors and may provide additional...

, universal healthcare, environmental protection

Environmental protection

Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently...

, and against government corruption and war

Peace movement

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. It is Connecticut's oldest and largest non-profit public interest group, with over 20,000 citizen members within the state.

Some of CCAG's past legislative victories include:

1972 - Expiration dates on Dairy Products
1978 - Nation's second "bottle bill" (5 cent returnables)
1983 - Blocked the I-84 expansion to Rhode Island
1997 - Passage of HUSKY, Health Care for UninSured Kids and Youth
2005 - Passage of the Citizens Election Program, the state's first comprehensive campaign finance reform program

They are not affiliated with any political party and have no set ideology, but regularly endorse electoral candidates and political movements.

The organization is currently based in the West End of Hartford, Connecticut's capitol.