2025 Year in Review: ReThink Disposable in California
It's been another successful year for the ReThink Disposable program, and we want to thank our Board, our members, and our valued supporters for trusting us to do this work.
We wrapped up a four-year contract with StopWaste where we worked together to reduce single-use disposable foodware in Alameda
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Coal Ash: What Michigan State can learn from Town of Pines, Indiana
By Tom Taylor, 2013 Energy Program Intern Coal ash is a byproduct of burning coal. It contains toxic chemicals like arsenic, lead, and mercury. One local producer of toxic coal ash is Michigan State University’s T.B. Simon coal plant, the largest on-campus coal plant in the nation, which burns 200
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This is What Democracy Looks Like
Clean Water Action partnered with many other organizations on the February 17 Forward on Climate Rally. We spread the word with our members and staff from offices in the DC Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic and New England all participated. Here’s a report from our own Casille Systermans on her
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Obama, Don't Forget Our Water
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator #ProtectCleanWater President Obama has made addressing climate change a top priority for his second term. To some in the environmental community his commitment may seem long overdue, but it really is a big deal. No other American President
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Full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Demanded for “Raise the Roadway” Bayonne Bridge Project
By Jenny Vickers, NJEF Communications Coordinator and Amy Goldsmith, NJEF State Director Amy Goldsmith Testifying at the Public Hearing Newark, NJ - Last week, the New Jersey Environmental Federation (NJEF), state chapter of national Clean Water Action, testified at the U.S. Coast Guard hearing on
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Fort Collins Bans Fracking as Democracy Comes Alive in Colorado
By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director “If you don’t fight for what you want, you deserve what you get.” —Van Jones Almost exactly nine months ago on May 22, 2012, I wrote an editorial in the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper, Fort Colllins Should Ban Fracking. And yesterday, on Feb. 19, a
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2,000 letters and postcards delivered to BLM Director Helen Hankins: Don’t Frack Denver’s Water!
By Erin Adair, Colorado Program Coordinator We’ve been hard at work on our Don’t Frack Denver’s Water campaign – and it’s going great! We’ve found overwhelming support along the Front Range for our efforts to protect drinking water and our environment from the impact of drilling and fracking. This
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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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