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Clean Water Action and American Sustainable Business Council Baltimore Press Conference
By Will Fadely, Baltimore Program Organizer Protecting clean water is a cause that not only resonates with environmental types; it reverberates into the private sector too. Clean Water Action (CWA) joined by the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) took to Federal Hill Park for a press conference to announce their successful work and the results of their latest poll, last Thursday morning. The podium and a colorful display of children’s “protect clean water” drawings were set in front of the Baltimore Harbor, where in 2010 a coalition of businesses, nonprofit groups, and City agencies
Let’s #kickcoalash out of our communities
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator. Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @EarthAvenger Join us for a coal ash week of social media action, August 4th - August 8th. Next week marks six months since Duke Energy’s coal ash spill, which dumped more than 39,000 tons of toxic ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into the Dan River, the source of drinking water for thousands of Virginians living downstream. Activists from around the country will be highlighting this by using social media, letters to the editor, and blogs (even here!) to urge the Environmental Protection
Environmental Justice in Anacostia Park
Anacostia Park is a 1200 acre park system adjacent to the Anacostia River, managed by the National Park Service. It is a greenspace that has and still does play an important role in the culture and community health of several predominantly Black neighborhoods in Southeast and Northeast D.C. Advocacy to support investments in the stewardship and infrastructural maintenance of Anacostia park has been a long-standing challenge.
MI Water, MI Future Transcript - Water Justice, Access and Affordability in Michigan
MI Water MI Future Townhall Series Water Justice: Access & Affordability in Michigan June 1, 2020 Video Transcript Townhall Video Link (Youtube) Chat Transcript With Links (end of audio transcript) Panelists Congressman Dan Kildee (Michigan's 5th Congressional District) Senator Stephanie Chang (Michigan State Senate District 1) Sylvia Orduño (Advocate & Community Organizer, People's Water Board Coalition) Moderator Sean McBrearty, Clean Water Action Michigan Legislative and Political Director Sean McBrearty 00:10 Welcome everybody. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. My name is Sean
Letter to Congress Regarding H.R. 2 (June 2020)
June 29, 2020 Dear Representative, The undersigned organizations support numerous provisions in H.R. 2, The Moving Forward Act, that invest in our nation’s water infrastructure, environmental justice, ecosystem restoration, and community resilience. We depend on wastewater and stormwater infrastructure every day to prevent our communities from flooding, protect our sources of drinking water, and keep local rivers and lakes clean and safe for our families to enjoy. However, in many areas, our nation’s infrastructure is no longer up to the task. Pipes, septic tanks, and treatment facilities have
