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World Water Day and the US Senate
By Kim Klimpel, National Program Intern This is a blog from 2013. To see our current World Water Day posts, click here . Happy World Water Day everyone! Across the globe, people are spending the day reflecting on the accomplishments that have given more people access to clean drinking water. Our most precious resource gets to wear a party hat and be the highlight of a multitude of events taking place in many different countries. Amidst the celebrating, however, we cannot forget that there is still a lot of work to be done. The United Nations (UN) has declared 2013 as the “International Year of
Yes to a budget. No to polluters' riders.
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications Finally! After nearly four years without a budget from the Senate, our Senators are working on, and debating, a budget. Of course, it won't be easy. This is the Senate, after all. Watch the debate live in CSPAN, here Polluters and their allies are attempting to slip back-door "riders" or amendments onto the budget that would weaken or defund programs that are essential to the health of our environment, our communities, and our families. This is all being done without a hearing and little chance for public debate. It's a terrible way to decide
Clean Water for Ed Markey
By Cindy Luppi, New England Regional Director I'm proud to report this week Clean Water Action endorsed Representative Ed Markey in the United States Senate race in Massachusetts. For decades, Rep. Markey has been a consistent and powerful friend to all who value clean air, clean water and healthy communities. Over Representative Markey's decades of service, he has been at the forefront of every major movement to protect our drinking water, air quality and community health and safety. A short list of his leadership efforts includes leading the drive for a smart response to the climate crisis
Protecting Communities in Fracking Country
By Steve Hvozdovich, Marcellus Campaign Coordinator For those in the heart of gas country, impacts from natural gas drilling to water and air quality are a daily concern and a threat to their quality of life. The bills introduced in the U.S. Congress today by Representatives Matthew Cartwright (D-PA) and Jared Polish (D-CO) mean so much to these people and show them that their government is concerned about their well being and working to protect them. Their leadership is welcomed. Too often industry has been given a free pass. The BREATHE and FRESHER Acts close loopholes in the Clean Air Act
Powerful Women: Lori Ehrlich
By Joel Wool, Clean Energy Organizer MA Residents: Stand with Lori, call for clean power and healthy communities If your children left soot where they walked, left coal-black footprints in the kitchen, would you have the courage to ask what was in their air and water? Would you stand up to terrible power? Lori did. When the soot came up toxic, PG&E, then-owners of the Salem Harbor Power Plant, offered to powerwash Lori’s home in neighboring Marblehead if she’d only keep quiet. Rather than be silent about pollution that was harming her children, “Mother Grizzly” began a long fight to transition