Beware of Black Plastic: Share leftover stuffing, NOT leftover toxics!
Are you serving mashed potatoes with a side of toxic flame retardants? If you have Black Plastic kitchen utensils or food containers, the answer is probably YES. How did this happen and what can we all do about it? Let us explain.
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Full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Demanded for “Raise the Roadway” Bayonne Bridge Project
By Jenny Vickers, NJEF Communications Coordinator and Amy Goldsmith, NJEF State Director Amy Goldsmith Testifying at the Public Hearing Newark, NJ - Last week, the New Jersey Environmental Federation (NJEF), state chapter of national Clean Water Action, testified at the U.S. Coast Guard hearing on
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Fort Collins Bans Fracking as Democracy Comes Alive in Colorado
By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director “If you don’t fight for what you want, you deserve what you get.” —Van Jones Almost exactly nine months ago on May 22, 2012, I wrote an editorial in the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper, Fort Colllins Should Ban Fracking. And yesterday, on Feb. 19, a
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2,000 letters and postcards delivered to BLM Director Helen Hankins: Don’t Frack Denver’s Water!
By Erin Adair, Colorado Program Coordinator We’ve been hard at work on our Don’t Frack Denver’s Water campaign – and it’s going great! We’ve found overwhelming support along the Front Range for our efforts to protect drinking water and our environment from the impact of drilling and fracking. This
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Good Things Are Possible in 2013
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO Good Things Are Possible Here’s what we know: Continued opposition to environmental protection by the majority of the US House means that bills to address climate change or strengthen water protections are not going to pass in 2013. But that doesn’t mean that
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Protect Ocean State’s shore from debris
By State Representative Donna Walsh (D- 36) and Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island Director This post was first published in the Providence Journal There are few Rhode Islanders — or visitors to the Ocean State — who haven’t encountered a bottle or plastic bag on their favorite beach or other cozy coastal
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Why Care
Sandy hits New York By Casille Systermans, Washington DC Field Manager and Program Intern Last week I wrote about the #ForwardonClimate Rally, imploring our leaders to act. The question remains: why should we care? Those making and influencing our policy decisions will not live to see the serious
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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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