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Leading in the Organization that Helped Shape Me

April 7, 2026 | By Lynn Thorp

As I adjust to my new role as President of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund, a recurring question I hear is which projects or campaigns have inspired me most over the years. It’s hard to pick a favorite.

Cape Cod residents fight back against Eversource herbicide spraying

March 23, 2017 | By Rachel Adler

Eversource (and before it NSTAR) has been spraying herbicides on long stretches of its transmission line rights-of-way (ROW) for years at great risk to those in the surrounding areas. These ROWs are close to homes, public spaces, and above an EPA-designated sole-source aquifer. NSTAR/Eversource has

A picture of Little Tuscarora Creek in Frederick County. The banks are slightly eroded. Several mature trees are leaning over toward the water on the left, while newly-planted trees are on the right.

Protect EPA

March 22, 2017 | By Melissa Everett, PhD and Anne Hulick

In the 1970s, 88% of American children had elevated levels of lead in their blood. Today that number is less than 1%. Bald eagles, once nearly extinct, have made a dramatic comeback. The US has cut air pollution 70% while our economy has tripled.

Home at Work

March 17, 2017 | By Laura Melamed

Outside is my office. That’s why I love working at Clean Water Action.

Beards Creek. Laura Melamed - Clean Water Action

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Green beer is fun, green water, not so much

March 17, 2017 | By Deanna White

St Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays, but one custom that has always fascinated me is people's willingness to drink green beer.

Maryland needs offshore wind!

March 16, 2017 | By Jennifer Kunze

Five years ago, as a student at St. Mary's College of Maryland, I spent much of March calling legislators and traveling back and forth from St. Mary's County to Annapolis to rally for the Maryland Offshore Wind Act - cardboard turbines for arms and all. Environmentalists and the wind industry had

A rally in Annapolis in March 2012 for the Maryland Offshore Wind Act

Tank cars travel on train tracks through Brunswick, MD

Train derailment in Frederick raises the stakes on crude oil in Maryland

March 10, 2017 | By Jennifer Kunze

Last week, a freight train on its way to the Port of Baltimore derailed in Ijamsville, a small town in Frederick County. Fortunately, although the train was carrying hazardous materials, none of the eight cars that derailed were punctured, and other than disruption to other freight shipments through

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