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Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision to Set Aside Affirmative Action in College Admissions
We are deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Affirmative Action programs in college admissions – programs designed to acknowledge and rectify the historical and ongoing systemic barriers faced by marginalized groups. And while Affirmative Action did not completely solve the problem, it did give students of color hope, providing an additional roadmap for them to secure a successful future anchored by a college education.
New Publication Finds Most CA Groundwater Sustainability Plans Fail to Protect Vulnerable Communities and the Environment
A new report published in Nature Communications authored by experts from The Nature Conservancy, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Audubon California, and Clean Water Action provides a new set of recommendations on how California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act can better protect vulnerable communities and the environment.
House Vote to Avoid Default Puts Water and Communities At Risk
Failing to raise the “debt ceiling” would pose hardship for all Americans, and particularly the most vulnerable as always. The resulting compromises have real world repercussions. Those include perpetuating reliance on fossil fuels, putting water resources at risk, and foregoing opportunities to protect public health and the environment to meet 21st century challenges. .
Environmental Advocates Encourage Limits for PFAS in Drinking Water
Clean Water Action and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy have partnered to submit a public comment to EPA in support of setting safe drinking water limits on six types of PFAS chemicals, a class of more than 12,000 that bioaccumulate and do not break down naturally, causing them to be referred to as “forever chemicals.” There are currently no federally enforceable standards on any PFAS for drinking water.