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Millions of Gallons of Lake Michigan Wastewater Per Day: Testimony Against The Proposed Line 5 Tunnel

June 23, 2026 | By Nichole Keway Biber, Jennifer Schlicht, and Emily Woodcock

The proposed Line 5 tunnel in Michigan is being sold as a reasonable replacement to the dangerous and aging twin pipelines running between Lakes Michigan and Huron in the Straits of Mackinac.It is anything but. One of the final opportunities to speak out against this fossil fuel threat in our Great Lakes is right now. Submit your comment before June 30th.

Greening the Dodge Poetry Festival

February 6, 2019 | By Maura Toomey

Clean Water Action was honored to once again work with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in greening the Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark.

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Community advocates, including ReThink Disposable team members, celebrate the passage of the Berkeley ordinance

How To Pass A Disposable Free Dining Ordinance In Your City

January 30, 2019 | By Samantha Sommer

Last week, Berkeley’s City Council unanimously passed a resolution that will drastically reduce the amount of disposable food ware from the city's restaurants. Berkeley’s new Disposable Free Dining ordinance is a game-changing step forward in the global movement to stop plastic pollution from

For the sake of our water, help fix it, now.

January 30, 2019 | By Bob Wendelgass

Why do so many Members of Congress stand by – or, even worse, pile on – whenever the Trump Administration advances another one of its reckless anti-environment giveaways to big polluters? Maybe it’s because things have been systematically rigged to boost the influence wielded by big polluters and

Michigan Capitol building / photo: Denny Green, Clean Water

Lame Duck Heroes and Zeros

January 28, 2019 | By Sean McBrearty

Lame Duck Heroes and Zeros The end of 2018 was record-breaking. After passing 351 bills over the course of the first 22 months of Michigan’s 99 th legislative session, lawmakers passed a whopping 408 bills in a frenzied four-week long lame duck session. This was the busiest and the most

Want to help make real change in 2019?

January 22, 2019 | By Jon Scott

Start by Taking Charge of Your Change – a new way you can support the fight to Protect Clean Water. We’ve all had this experience. You make it to the end of the check-out line. Then, in front of everybody, the cashier looks you in the eye and says “Will you be adding a donation today for [ name that

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Making Our Democracy Work Again

January 21, 2019 | By Brent Bolin

At Clean Water Action we believe deeply in harnessing people power to make effective change. Our grassroots organizers are in the field year round connecting people to issues that impact their environment, their health, and their communities. When elected officials hear from the people they

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