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Clean Water 50 Stories: David Foster

February 5, 2023 | By Clean Water Action Texas

In honor of Clean Water Action's 50th birthday, we are lifting up voices and stories in the Clean Water movement through #CleanWater50Stories. Meet David Foster, who spent 26 years with Clean Water Action before recently retiring as Texas State Director!

Our Clean Water Priorities for the 2023 Texas Legislative Session

January 21, 2023 | By Becky Smith

For roughly five months in odd-numbered years, elected officials and advocates across Texas are busy at work passing legislation through the House and Senate and to the Governor's desk. Here are the top efforts and issues that Clean Water Action is prioritizing during the current Texas legislative session that ends on May 29th - and how you can take action.

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Meet our new Texas Director, Becky Smith!

June 6, 2022 | By Bob Wendelgass

Welcome to our new Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund Texas State Director, Becky Smith! Becky is taking the helm in the Lone Star State after our long time Texas State Director David Foster transitioned into his well-earned retirement at the end of 2021 after 26 years serving the people and

Clean Water 50 Stories: Todd Speight

April 13, 2022 | By Chris Bathurst and Clean Water Action Texas

Todd brought a lot of great ideas and energy to Clean Water Action's canvass programs. He built one of our largest and most successful field operations in Austin, TX. Todd is known for his vision and his ability to wordsmith great ideas into a few simple words.

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Clean Water Candidates Won Big in Texas

November 16, 2018 | By David Foster

Thanks to clean water voters who came out in force for last week's elections, most of the pro-environment candidates endorsed by Clean Water Action here in Texas prevailed, and our endorsed candidates who lost, did so by very narrow margins.

At the top of our ticket, Beto O'Rourke helped energize

Fighting Big Oil in Texas

November 16, 2017 | By David Foster

How would you react if oil drillers wanted to spread their toxic waste on an open field next to your drinking water supply? You would surely be as outraged as the people of Chireno and Nacogdoches were last summer when they reached out to Clean Water Action for help.

Thanks to the support of Clean

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Protecting the Attoyac River, Lake Sam Rayburn, and Our Drinking Water

September 19, 2017 | By Rita Beving

An oil and gas surface disposal land farm application was rejected per a letter from the Texas Railroad Commission to the applicant Common Disposal as of Tuesday, September 11.

The land farm was to be located next to the historic town of Chireno, just minutes from Nacogdoches. The proposed site was

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