Taking On PFAS and Polluters - National Teflon Day 2025
Did you know that April 6th is National Teflon Day? That’s right, it’s a day to celebrate a product that is severely toxic to humans and has helped contaminate the planet! But the industry wants you to think that is a good thing. In California, Clean Water Action is celebrating National Teflon Day a different way.
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A 2011 Coal Ash Spill on Lake Michigan
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator Frustrated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) continued delay in issuing a final rule to protect the public and environment from toxic coal ash pollution, today a group of environmental
A Tale of Two Washingtons
Can't we end the subsidies?
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Shortly before the U.S. Senate failed to overturn Big Oil subsidies, President Obama spoke in the Rose Garden about the need to set our sights on a clean energy future and to stop handing billions of dollars a year to oilGetting Serious about Clean Air
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director
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Closer to cleaning our air up
EPA's proposal for controlling industrial carbon pollution from new and modified power plants is a welcome step forward. The Administration is taking common sense steps to protect from climate change and air pollution and to
Storm Water Success!
By Andy Fellows, Chesapeake Regional Director
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Protecting the Bay
On Friday afternoon, the Maryland House of Delegates passed House Bill (HB) 987 on a 90-48 vote. This is a great step forward for the campaign to reduce pollution from storm water – the runoff from urban and suburban streets andThe Kids are Alright
"Keep Our Water Safe"
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director While the letters our members write to President Obama encouraging him to keep clean water progress moving are great, the pictures their children draw are even better. Water issues are big and complex, and World Water Day is a good
Will Fracking Destroy Colorado's Rivers?
The Colorado River
By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director Originally posted at Huffington Post Oil and gas drilling and fracking pose extraordinary threats to Colorado's Denver metro and Front Range cities including to air quality, water quality in streams and groundwater, wildlife habitat
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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