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Smarter Giving to Protect Clean Water
Part 1 of 3 (see Part 2 here) At a time when our water faces unprecedented threats – extreme cuts, rollbacks and blatant giveaways to big polluters – we hear from many Clean Water Action members who want to be able to do more. You care about clean water and want to see it protected, now and for future generations, for our children, grandchildren and those who will come after. You want to do more to help fight back and restore hope for our Clean Water Future. There is an important and relatively new incentive for charitable giving that could help you or someone you know access significantly
Why Clean Water on Giving Tuesday?
Top Ten Reasons Clean Water Fund should be on YOUR list #10 Future Generations – Decisions and actions taken in the next 6-10 months could determine our Clean Water Future for decades to come. Now is the time to get involved by making your tax-deductible gift to Clean Water Fund today. #09 This Cause is Critically Important yet Critically Under-Funded – Environmental causes in general and clean water issues in particular receive among the tiniest fraction of philanthropic support in the US compared to other kinds of nonprofits. Your gift to Clean Water Fund will help make sure those are
On the Right Side of History with a Commonsense Veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
By John Noel, National Oil and Gas Campaign Coordinator - Follow John on Twitter (@Noel_Johnny) Today we are thrilled to hear the President vetoed S.1, a bill which would approve the Keystone Pipeline and put millions at risk of groundwater contamination while significantly increasing carbon pollution from the dirtiest oil on the planet. The risk of spills from the pipeline are put squarely on the backs of landowners, farmers and Native American communities in the pipelines path, while the benefits of the project are concentrated to a few in the fossil fuel industry. Clean Water Action
Hit ‘em where it hurts…The Bottom Dollar
By Will Fadely, Baltimore Program Organizer – Follow Will on Twitter (@TrillChillWill ) Since Energy Answer's entrance into Baltimore in 2008, we have been organizing with numerous groups like Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), Sierra Club, Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR), Community Research, Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) and others in order to fight the proposed Energy Answers Incinerator. Especially instrumental was Free Your Voice a group of local students assisted by United Workers. The campaign has focused on encouraging groups contracted to receive energy from the
California's Oil and Gas Injection Mess
By Andrew Grinberg, California Oil and Gas Program Manager - Follow Andrew on Twitter ( @AndrewBGrinberg) This is one of the most outrageous things we’ve heard in a long time. As California faces one of the worst droughts in recorded history, State officials have disclosed that California has allowed the injection of oil and gas wastewater and other contaminated fluids into aquifers that are suitable to be used as drinking water. Oil and gas wastewater is nasty stuff, high in salinity, toxic chemicals and sometimes containing radioactive material. New data just revealed that the wastewater
