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WATER, FLOWERS, AND LIFE

This Water a Flower Day has me reflecting on how lucky I am that my husband has an incredibly green thumb. I can grow food and, in fairness, those plants flower, too. However, the beautiful explosion of colors in our yard all year long must be completely credited to my better half.
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Achieving Safe Drinking Water in California

Over the years, I’ve worked with communities, state and local agencies, and allies to help these Californians access something most of us take for granted: safe and reliable drinking water. The two most successful efforts have borne fruit in the last 7 years.
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Earth Month Reflections: Our Power is Collective

As I reflect on the last 14 months of this administration, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. So much of our work is being dismantled, and many of us wonder if we can pull ourselves back from the brink yet again. I believe we can. I have seen what we can do when we work together.
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Why Groundwater Matters

It has been an unusually warm winter in the Western United States, allowing meteorologists to coin the delightful and descriptive phrase “snow drought.” California is more fortunate than other western states — after three consecutive years of robust rain and snowfall, our reservoirs began the winter
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2025 Year in Review: Oil & Gas in California

This year demonstrated why it’s so important that frontline communities have a voice in decision-making that impacts their health and safety. Our work prioritizes the voices of community members, listening to their concerns and priorities and finding the best ways to address them.
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2025 Year in Review: ReThink Disposable in California

It's been another successful year for the ReThink Disposable program, and we want to thank our Board, our members, and our valued supporters for trusting us to do this work. We wrapped up a four-year contract with StopWaste where we worked together to reduce single-use disposable foodware in Alameda
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