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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Takes the Lead for Clean Water
Trenton, New Jersey – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced today that he will cast a vote as the Chairman of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) in support of a watershed-wide permanent ban on fracking and its associated activities, including a ban of wastewater storage, processing and discharges in the Basin, and a ban on water exports from the watershed to fuel fracking elsewhere.
For the sake of our water, help fix it, now.
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 other corporate special interests. When people like you who care about clean water are effectively shut out – or worse, ignored by those elected to represent us – bad things can happen.
The Trump Administration’s Dirty Water Rule is only the latest example. It’s a reckless “repeal and replace” scheme
Lame Duck Heroes and Zeros
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 environmentally destructive lame duck session in state history. Many of the bills passed were so widely unpopular that sponsors neglected to introduce them until after things died down post general election.
Clean Water Action members and staff mobilized quickly during lame duck. We organized lobby days, made
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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 worthy cause]?’
You say “OK,” because you know that if you don’t you’ll feel guilty afterwards. By the time you get home from shopping, you’ve probably forgotten the whole thing.
Donate-at-checkout requests happen for one big reason: They work. It’s hard to say “No,” and even if each donation is
Making Our Democracy Work Again
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 represent, our democracy works.
Or least, our democracy used to work that way. Over the last decade we’ve seen the public grow increasingly frustrated with elected officials because voters can’t shake the feeling that their representatives aren’t listening to them.
Here’s the scary thing - voters are right