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Lobbying in PFAS: Big Money is Poisoning our Water

April 3, 2026 | By Avonna Starck
Legislators answer to the people of Minnesota who expect safe drinking water, who don’t want toxic chemicals in children’s products, and who are tired of paying for corporate pollution. There are real issues demanding attention—corporate welfare disguised as regulatory “relief” should not be on the agenda.
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Mid-Session Defense Update

April 24, 2018 | By Deanna White
We are halfway through the Minnesota 2018 legislative session and it’s been made clear that some of our lawmakers are not willing to put our environment and public health first. They are placing policies that ignore science and weaken protections for our land, air, and water before people. Even
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Garbage Patch Kids: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

April 23, 2018 | By Allie Molinaro
If you have read the news recently, you have probably seen an article or two about a recent study of the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”. The articles report estimates of plastic pollution in the trillions, and swaths of plastic waste that are the size of countries. Those numbers might make it feel
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I’m with Her (Mother Earth): A Climate Affair

April 19, 2018 | By Kadineyse Paz
If you open up your social media feed you’ll probably notice a lot of news about incredible young people doing powerful things to influence policy, make the world a better place, or just being awesome. The youth are our future, which is why Clean Water Action decided to start a Youth Advisory Board
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