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Green plant sprouting out of ground with hands planting for Earth Month

Earth Month Origins: The Movement That Changed Our Water Forever

April 1, 2026 | By LaTrice Harrison

Each April, Earth Month builds on the legacy of Earth Day, first held on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million Americans gathered in response to growing concerns about widespread environmental damage and limited laws in place to protect clean air, clean water, public health and pollution.

You Call this Advancing Water Infrastructure? - A Rant on the Worst Infrastructure Week To Date

February 8, 2019 | By Lynn Thorp

Yesterday I received what might be the most fantastical press release the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Public Engagement has released in a while. It said that EPA is advancing President Trump’s Infrastructure Agenda through investments in water infrastructure, which is

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Clean Water Action’s Principles

February 8, 2019 | By Vick Mohanka

We are gearing up for a new legislative session and that means a brand new slate of bills that our elected officials will be considering for the next two years. As always, Clean Water Action is committed to being a loud and present voice on Beacon Hill and all over the state fighting for

Greening the Dodge Poetry Festival

February 6, 2019 | By Maura Toomey

Clean Water Action was honored to once again work with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in greening the Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark.

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Community advocates, including ReThink Disposable team members, celebrate the passage of the Berkeley ordinance

How To Pass A Disposable Free Dining Ordinance In Your City

January 30, 2019 | By Samantha Sommer

Last week, Berkeley’s City Council unanimously passed a resolution that will drastically reduce the amount of disposable food ware from the city's restaurants. Berkeley’s new Disposable Free Dining ordinance is a game-changing step forward in the global movement to stop plastic pollution from

For the sake of our water, help fix it, now.

January 30, 2019 | By Bob Wendelgass

Why do so many Members of Congress stand by – or, even worse, pile on – whenever the Trump Administration advances another one of its reckless anti-environment giveaways to big polluters? Maybe it’s because things have been systematically rigged to boost the influence wielded by big polluters and

Michigan Capitol building / photo: Denny Green, Clean Water

Lame Duck Heroes and Zeros

January 28, 2019 | By Sean McBrearty

Lame Duck Heroes and Zeros The end of 2018 was record-breaking. After passing 351 bills over the course of the first 22 months of Michigan’s 99 th legislative session, lawmakers passed a whopping 408 bills in a frenzied four-week long lame duck session. This was the busiest and the most

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