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Let's Jump Off this Runaway TRAIN

September 22, 2011 | By Clean Water Action

Let's Stop this TRAIN Wreck

By Dan Endreson, Minnesota Program Coordinator This summer was rough for the environment. The 112 th U.S. House of Representatives has been one the most anti-environment Congress’ in history by passing legislation that will severely impact water and air quality for
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These Floods are Man-Made!

September 13, 2011 | By Clean Water Action

Where's the funding for Flood Control Projects?

By Colleen Meehan, Philadelphia Program Organizer Last week was Hurricane Irene, this week it’s Tropical Storm Lee. What does that mean for Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic states? It means we have massive flooding. Pennsylvania is a state of rivers
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A Win for Our Waterways and our Health!

September 12, 2011 | By Clean Water Action

This is why we MUST BAN the FOAM!

By Miriam Gordon, California Director We’ve been fighting to ban foam packaging in California for years. Out report, Taking out the Trash studied the effects of packaging foam on our environment and found what you would expect. Styrofoam food containers and coffee
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What Now For Clean Water Policies?

September 8, 2011 | By Clean Water Action
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Coordinator With health and environmental protections under unprecedented attack, particularly by the leadership of the 112 th Congress, how do we make sure that common sense and long overdue water policy advances don’t get stopped in their tracks? The
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Choking on a Bad Smog Decision: first reactions from the frontlines

Posted on September 2, 2011
Here are some of the first reactions from folks on the frontlines here at Clean Water Action when they heard the President’s announcement that pending rules to crack down on health-harming ozone pollution would be shelved indefinitely:

"We were deeply disappointed in the Obama administration's

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