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Leaking Coal Ash - Right into Our Water!

August 2, 2013 | By Clean Water Action
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator Last month dozens of reporters gathered on the shores of Mountain Island Lake in North Carolina. They were there to hear national and regional environmental leaders discuss the worst toxic water pollution problem – the wastewater discharges
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Meeting a New Leader at EPA

August 2, 2013 | By Clean Water Action
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO Yesterday, I was honored to be part of a small group of environmental leaders invited to meet with Gina McCarthy in her first week as the new EPA Administrator. She thanked us for helping her win confirmation. Her nomination was held up for 137 days by conservative
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Isn't Water A Natural Resource?

July 31, 2013 | By Clean Water Action
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Clean Water Action signed a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee opposing yet another anti-regulatory bill expected to be considered by the Committee today. We’ve signed a lot of these letters since 2010, but this one is
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Federal Chemical Reform - Finally?

July 31, 2013 | By Clean Water Action
By Cindy Luppi, New England Regional Director Exciting news! For the first time in a generation, we might have finally gained meaningful momentum in the fight to repair our outdated federal laws about chemical safety. Today the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a marathon
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Bringing Green Justice Home to Our Communities

July 29, 2013 | By Clean Water Action
In Massachusetts, Clean Water Action's canvass is rolling out a new energy program we helped create. Using targeted outreach and improved financial incentives, this program will expand home weatherization to families who have previously faced barriers to making their homes more efficient. Building a
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Our Water is not Their Sewer!

July 26, 2013 | By Clean Water Action
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO I’ve worked in advocacy and politics for a long time and have fought to protect our health and environment from dirty, polluting industries and I thought I had seen it all. But even I was blown away when I saw the extent of the toxic pollution that power plants
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