What to do with your Halloween pumpkins? Compost!
With autumn in full swing and Halloween behind us, it’s the perfect time to give your pumpkins a second life through pumpkin composting!
Each year, Americans toss more than a billion pounds of pumpkins into the trash, but composting them keeps organic waste out of landfills and incinerators while
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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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Guest Post: Testimony against Trash Incineration in Philadelphia
This is testimony by Brady Russell, Eastern PA Director, on two waste management contracts currently before the Philadelphia City Council. If you are from Philadelphia, please urge the City Council to vote no on both bills. Clean Water Action is here today urging Council to either vote NO on bill
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Guest Post: Democrats in the Michigan State Senate Could Call the Shots
By Cyndi Roper, Michigan State Director It’s an understatement to say that the Democrats have very little power in Lansing these days. But there are rare exceptions like the one involving HB 5660, which would amend the state’s highly successful container deposit law which was adopted through citizen
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Kick Badger's Ash
That about sums it up...
By Susan Harley, Michigan Policy Director I spent my Memorial Day weekend in Ludington, MI enjoying Lake Michigan’s sandy beaches, dog-friendly hiking trails, and quaint downtown shops. One evening, as I savored my House of Flavors scoop on the way to the waterfront to snapThe Stroller Brigade for Safe Chemicals: An antidote to discouragement
By Elizabeth Saunders, Massachusetts Legislative Director It can get discouraging in this line of work. With state legislatures that never take votes, a congress that seems to think it’s job is rolling back environmental protections, and dirty tactics by polluting industries it’s easy for an
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Congress, Are You Listening? Across Political Lines, Public Support is Strong for Clean Water
America says: Let's keep our water clean!
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Coordinator I know people don’t want to drink dirty water or swim in polluted rivers, so it comes as no surprise to me that a recent public opinion poll found that a majority of Americans support strong protections for
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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