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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.

What’s So Great About Oakland, California? (Apart From Everything, Obviously).

April 8, 2016 | By Chris Slafter

Clean Water’s California office is located right in the heart of downtown Oakland—a city that even green-minded Europeans are talking about as a center for reducing carbon emissions associated with commerce. For 21 years, the City of Oakland has organized an annual earth expo in Frank Ogawa Plaza

The author (left) and Waste Prevention Program Associate Dara Rossoff Powell (right), tabling on Wednesday, April 6 at the City of Oakland’s Earth Expo event, downtown.

Bringing the Great Lakes to Washington

April 7, 2016 | By Steve Schultz

In March, we led a group of eight Minnesotans to Washington, D.C. for Great Lakes Day to continue our education and advocacy with the Minnesota Congressional delegation. We were joined by nearly 100 other advocates from around the Great Lakes region who were meeting with their representatives from

It Only Takes One Stop

April 5, 2016 | By David Gerraughty

Field canvassing can be a lonely task, especially when you are working in a remote area on a night when folks are more into family time than talking with a stranger about social issues.

Protect California's Groundwater From Injection Wells: Pass AB 1882

March 29, 2016 | By Andrew Grinberg

If you’re not looking for anything you’ll never find it. This has held true when it comes to contamination from oil and gas production in California for the last century. But the era of regulators ignoring the industry’s groundwater impacts needs to end. Assembly Bill 1882, introduced by