Beauty Products and Environmental Justice: Why Safer Alternatives Matter
The intersection of environmental justice and the beauty industry underscores the urgent need for systemic change. From stricter regulations on toxic chemicals to more sustainable non-toxic packaging practices, the path forward requires collaboration between policymakers, communities, and advocates.
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Going to the Peoples Summit
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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Clean Water Action Delivers Hundreds of Constituent Actions to Congressman Coffman: Protect our homes and public lands from drilling and fracking!
by Gary Wockner Clean Water Action has been heavily engaged in drilling and fracking issues here in Colorado. We’ve been knocking on doors in the Denver Metro area for the past 2 months, educating communities about drilling and fracking activity close to their homes and schools and on our public
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Putting Drinking Water First – It’s Not Just a Talking Point
Get diesel out of fracking! By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Clean Water Action works on drinking water because we believe that the nation ought to act like drinking water matters. Polls show people think drinking water matters. But when it comes to our activities like, growing food
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Congress: Protecting Polluters, Not People
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Another day, another House committee debating whether our regulations that keep our water drinkable, air breathable, and communities healthy are worth it. As early as tomorrow, the powerful House Appropriations Committee will take up consideration of bill
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Colorado: Don't FRACK Our Schools
By Erin Adair, Colorado Program Coordinator
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Gary Wockner on Taking Action on Fracking
Clean Water Action, along with Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch and a local citizens group, What the Frack?! Arapahoe County co-sponsored a “Don’t FRACK Our Schools”, a public meeting last week in Aurora, CO We
Fact, Fiction and the Dirty Water Reality
By Lynn Thorp, National Program Director Thanks to confusing Supreme Court decisions and actions by the last Administration, some water bodies are left without guaranteed Clean Water Act protection. Debate around closing these gaps in protection has always been colored by the influence of polluters’
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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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