From Campus to... Landfill? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at UMN’s E-Waste
Before my tour of the UMN ReUse Program Warehouse, I already knew that e-waste poses some problems. But seeing what actually happens to our campus electronics — what gets reused, repaired, recycled, or thrown out — really made it hit home.
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WV Water Unsafe Due to Coal De-Foaming Chemical: How Does Something Like This Happen?
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director (Follow Lynn on Twitter - @LTCWA) The chemical spill in West Virginia, which has resulted in undrinkable and unusable tap water for hundreds of thousands of people, definitely falls into the category of Things We Are Not Doing to Put Drinking Water First
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Marchers Demand Clean Air and Fair Development
By Will Fadely, Baltimore Organizer The march to the incinerator Energy Answers a dirty Waste-to-Energy Incinerator is being constructed less than 1 Mile from Schools, Parks, Playgrounds, Homes, and Water Bodies of the community of Curtis Bay. Waste-to-Energy (WTE) may sound “green”, but residents
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How about some good news, for a change?
Thanks to Clean Water Action friends and members like you, success on Clean Water Action’s top clean water priorities has never been closer: Restoring protection for small streams and wetlands Controlling polluted runoff Reducing toxic pollution that threatens our drinking water, and more. We’re on
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Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Massachusetts on a Roll
By Elizabeth Saunders, Massachusetts State Director We have seen many fruits of our labor in Massachusetts over the past 12 months thanks to strong teamwork and grassroots muscle. Years of dedicated staff, member, volunteer, and coalition efforts have paid off and we celebrated victories and
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Put Drinking Water First - The Safe Drinking Water Act
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Today is the 39 th anniversary of passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act. For me, it’s the beginning of a year-long celebration of this landmark public health law and a time to think about progress we’ve made and the continuing challenges to the tap water
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360,000 -- Why should anyone care?
by Jonathan A. Scott, Clean Water Action Communications Team 360,000 acres of wetlands. Those wetlands used to protect communities from flooding. They were nurseries, breeding grounds and habitat for countless fish, birds and other animals. They were there to filter pollution and absorb the rainfall
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We All Live Downstream - Clean Water Action Podcast
Welcome to We All Live Downstream: a Clean Water Action Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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