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Going Solar This Summer

Posted on August 29, 2012
Clean Water Action's California Director, Miriam Gordon, and her husband with their new rooftop solar system.

Up on the Roof -- Solar Style Last year, when Clean Water Action partnered with Sungevity to begin offering rooftop solar systems to Clean Water Action members, Clean Water Action's
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What a Difference the Right President Makes

August 28, 2012 | By Clean Water Action
By Bob Wendelgass, President and CEO Today, the Obama Administration announced it is finalizing a new rule that will require automakers to increase the average fuel efficiency of cards and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. By 2025, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates
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Safe Drinking Water and Fracking

August 22, 2012 | By Clean Water Action
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By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director EnergyWire reports this week that at least 138 wells were “fracked” with diesel fuel in the last 18 months. That’s over 100 times that underground sources of drinking water were threatened by some particularly nasty chemicals. And that’s
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A New Day for Safer Chemicals

July 25, 2012 | By Clean Water Action
By Cindy Luppi, New England Regional Director Today is a day for the history books -- for the first time since 1976 when our nation's chemical policies were put in place, the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee took a critical step on the road to safer chemicals and healthier families by
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Going to the Peoples Summit

July 18, 2012 | By Clean Water Action
By Colleen Meehan, Pennsylvania Program Organizer In late June I had the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to take part in the Peoples Summit for Social and Environmental Justice, and to attend several events at the United Nations Earth Summit. The UN “Rio+20” Earth Summit joined
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