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How to Make an Impact for Clean Water
If you feel like you’re getting body-slammed by all the requests coming in through your phone or computer, you’re not alone. Here’s why: almost one-third of total giving happens in the month of December. The causes you care about most, and many others, don’t want to be left out. You may not be able to donate to every worthy nonprofit that asks, but here are some tips on why we hope Clean Water makes your donation list – and how you can maximize your impact. Four Clean Water Giving Tips Do it now. Most of that December year-end giving happens on December 29, 30 or 31, but the sooner that you
Tell Lansing Lawmakers to Stop Attacking our Water in Lame Duck Session!
The Michigan lame duck legislature is racing to pass attacks on our water before the new legislature and Governor are seated in January. We need all Michigan clean water activists to help fight back by making two quick phone calls, one to your State House Representative and one to your State Senator, asking them to oppose the multiple anti-environment and anti-democratic initiatives that corporate lobbyists have pushed lawmakers to pursue during this backward and unaccountable session. You can read more details below about the different dirty water bills that are being pushed, but here's
PA: Vote to Re-Elect Rep. Steve Santarsiero
Vote Steve Santarsiero! By Joe Nye, Eastern Pennsylvania Program Organizer We're less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. With the election coming up on Tuesday, November 6 th I think it is important to stress why we need voters in the 31 st district to re-elect Rep. Steve Santarsiero. Steve has been a true environmental leader in the PA State House since he was first elected in 2008. On the issue of fracking, which voters in Bucks County are surely well aware of, Steve has been
Talking to the Candidates about Safe Chemicals in Michigan
By Jessica Harshfield, Michigan Intern Pressing for chemical reform Only a few days remain until Election Day on November 6th and this season is a particularly busy time – we’re raising awareness about toxic chemicals in children’s products. Clean Water Fund and our partners have been speaking with candidates about the need for policies that make products safer for children’s use. In September, I had the unique opportunity to accompany Clean Water’s Policy Director to a meeting with a candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives. We were there to discuss a key issue, children’s
What's at Stake in RI: Our Shared Public Lands
By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director We're less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. One of Clean Water Action’s core missions is to make democracy work. The cornerstone of this strategic focus is to hold our elected officials accountable to voters. A crucial problem underlying many pollution problems, we believe, is an imbalance of political power that distorts our political system and hampers good policy. The protection of the environment, investment in the renewable
