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Clean Water Action: New Reporting Reveals the Oil Industry Still Injecting into Protected Groundwater in California

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“It’s unacceptable that oil companies are still injecting toxic wastewater into potential drinking water sources, in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Despite significant progress by state agencies in recent years to improve California’s Underground Injection Control program, the oil and gas industry still has far too much influence. State regulators need to stand up to fossil fuel interests and take more aggressive action to protect our water."

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Clean Water Action Welcomes Senator Sanders’ Statement Opposing Line 5 Oil Tunnel

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The following statement can be attributed to Sean McBrearty, Michigan Campaign Organizer, Clean Water Action:

“Today, Senator Bernie Sanders has joined Michigan residents, groups, and tribal communities in opposition to Enbridge Energy’s plan to build an oil tunnel through the Straits of Mackinac

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Clean Water Action statement on NJ Governor signing Global Warming Response Act

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Clean Water Action released the following statement in response to the Governor signing S3207 (Smith/Vainieri Huttle), which amends the 2007 Global Warming Response Act, today.

"A year and a half into the Murphy Administration, much more remains unfinished rather than completed. On the economy