Why is Baltimore City burning our yard waste?
On Wednesday, June 26, the Baltimore City Council's Health, Environment, and Transportation Committee is holding a hearing on Council Bill 23-0466: Recyclable Materials and Yard Waste . Unlike every other County in Maryland, Baltimore City has no centralized yard waste composting program - only
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Letters to the Leg in Colorado
By Erin Adair, Colorado Program Coordinator In Colorado, we’ve been extremely engaged on oil and gas issues from fracking on federal public lands down to the fights local communities are waging with the State to keep fracking out of their neighborhoods and away from schools. Recently, the State went
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The Source Water Collaborative: Celebrating Our Drinking Water Sources
Protecting Drinking Water Sources: We celebrated Earthy Day by celebrating the Source Water Collaborative, which Clean Water Action helped found in 2005. By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director It turned out that the Source Water Collaborative annual meeting and anniversary celebration was the
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Governor Scott: Kick Coal Ash Back to the Legislature!
By Angelique Giraud, Energy Community Organizer Right now, Florida’s public health and the safety of our water resources are in jeopardy. Clean Water Action is calling on Governor Rick Scott to veto dangerous legislation that would put our communities at heightened risk for exposure to toxic coal
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Ken Geiser: Celebrating the Work of A Champion
Ken Geiser (second from right) and Richard Clapp (second from left) receive Lifetime Achievement awards presented by Clean Water Action Massachusetts Director, Elizabeth Saunders, and Joel Tickner, Professor of Work Environment at UMass Lowell. By Elizabeth Saunders, Massachusetts Director This
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Why Did Hickenlooper and Urbina Kill the Fracking Healthcare Bill?
By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director This originally appeared in Huffington Post. On Thursday evening, April 11 th, Colorado State Rep. Joann Ginal's (D-Fort Collins) House Bill 1275 was heard, and died, in committee in the Colorado State Legislature. Rep Ginal's bill asked and proposed to
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Senators Urging Against Clean Water Progress: Wrong on All Counts!
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Let EPA Get the Job Done! Yesterday's letter to the Environmental Protection Agency's Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe from over two dozen Republican Senators urges EPA to perpetuate the stalemate which is leaving drinking water sources without Clean
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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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