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Stop Trash Before it Starts: ReThink Disposable’s Growing Impact

July 7, 2026 | By Dianna Coleman, Mercedes Forsyth, LaTrice Harrison, Morgan Schafer, Amber Schmidt, Julie Wedge, and Marta Young

Let this sink in! The world produces hundreds of millions of tons of plastic every year, with up to half created for single-use purposes. These are items designed to be used for only minutes before becoming waste. That’s the equivalent of hundreds of Empire State Buildings’ worth of plastic entering our environment each year.

ReThink Disposable: Party Without Plastic!

September 18, 2023 | By Kerry Doyle

The answer to plastic pollution comes before Recycle, Reuse, and even Reduce: it’s RETHINK.

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Our Comments against a CPCN Exemption for 168 diesel generators

September 15, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

As the data center industry seeks to grow in Maryland, it must follow our environmental and energy laws for the good of Maryland residents and of the climate. Clean Water Action submitted a letter with 14 organizations to the Maryland Public Service Commission urging them to reject Aligned Data Center's request for a rehearing on their request to be exempted from the proper regulatory process for installing 168 diesel generators.

Fighting a proposed warehouse project in Upper Freehold Township,NJ

September 11, 2023 | By Tolani Taylor

Learn more and get involved in protecting our communities and open spaces from warehouse development!

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Fighting For Public Power In Ohio: Knowledge Is Power - Energizing The Midwest

Knowledge Is Power: Fighting for Public Power in Ohio

September 7, 2023 | By Jackson Koeppel

The Public Power Project travelled across the Midwest where communities are maintaining their own energy grids, learning the sometimes complicated world of power generation, or fighting for local control over the flow of resources and capital in their communities.