Our democracy has been under assault for years by powerful special interests who want to buy their way into our government. They have helped elect politicians who put their needs first and then do everything they can to make sure they can’t be held accountable by voters – introducing strict voter ID requirements, gerrymandering districts so it’s nearly impossible for them to lose, and more.
The oil and gas industry, aided by the erosion of campaign finance laws and nearly boundless lobbying budgets, asserts enormous influence over legislative processes in real time while also enjoying legacy influence in regulatory frame- works. The results can be devastating to the health of the environment and the public.
Toxic chemicals such as PFAS are found in many common products such as clothing, carpets, fabrics for furniture, adhesives, paper packaging for food, firefighting foam, and heat-resistant/non-stick cookware. Unfortunately, such chemicals are toxic and stay in your body and the environment for a long time.
Elected and appointed officials in Virginia need to work toward a health-based limit on PFAS chemicals in products and drinking water.
Clean Water Action calls for the city of Alexandria to:
As the Texas Hill Country adds population, more and more subdivisions want to send their sewage to treatment plants which discharge the treated effluent directly into creeks and rivers. Discharge of treated effluent into waterways is banned inside the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, where water percolates through cracks and fissures in the limestone creek beds directly into the sensitive Aquifer below. But the practice is still allowed just upstream in the Contributing Zone, even though waterways there flow directly into the Recharge Zone, taking whatever pollutants they contain with them.
We need more than just voluntary actions to clean up this mess and make these polluters pay their fair share of the cleanup costs. Everyone in Minnesota needs to have access to safe and affordable drinking water.
Send a letter to Governor Walz asking him to be a champion for our water and make corporate industrial ag clean up after themselves!
Similar to a business or household, our local governments purchase furniture and supplies for maintenance, cleaning, and other tasks. Usually, the county will create contracts with vendors that sell these products in order to make it easier to purchase large quantities. These large contracts are an opportunity to be more sustainable – the county can require that vendors provide options for products that are better for the environment.
Plastic bags litter our streets and streams, and their creation and disposal contributes to air and water pollution and climate change. Email the Mayor and City Council: it's about time to #ReThink Disposable plastic bags.
Massachusetts’ solar program, Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART), isn’t working for many. The so-called “SMART” program has not resulted in any noticeable number of low income solar projects. Thankfully, there is opportunity to fix this. The Department of Energy Resources is currently reviewing the program and has been directed to pay extra attention to low and moderate income solar access.
Take Action! DDOT is accepting comments about the bridge through June 21, 2019. Fill out the action below to send your message of support.