Search

Filter By:

Type

State

Priority

Posted On

Search Results

Burning Tires (Hazardous is the New Clean)

This post originally appeared on Eclectablog You know that warm, cozy feeling you get from seeing black toxic plumes of smoke billowing up from a pile of burning hazardous rubbish and industrial waste? (No, I didn’t think so.) Well, earlier this month Republican State Representative Aric Nesbitt introduced an eight-bill package that redefine burning old tires as “renewable energy”. (Yes, you read that right.) This pack of reckless and irresponsible ideas flagrantly thumbs its nose at Michigan’s current renewable energy standard (which defines “renewable energy sources” as things like wind and

Clean Water Currents | Spring 2025

In This Issue: Clean Water Act Protections Under Attack: Urge EPA to Protect Our Water | Defending Our Safeguards | Dismantling Environmental Justice Initiatives Harms Us All | Update From Jeff Carter, President & CEO | State and Regional News: California, Chesapeake Region (Maryland, DC, Virginia), Michigan, Minnesota, New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

World Asthma Day - Truck Count & Press Conference

When: NEW RAIN DATE: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where: 1050 Sherman Ave, (Twin City Warehousing Co.), Elizabeth, NJ

In honor of World Asthma Day, May 6, Clean Water Action is calling all advocates and local community members in Elizabeth to come learn about the connection between diesel truck pollution from NJ’s freight and goods movement industry and asthma. We will also be pressuring local and state legislators to support the ACT Rule (Advanced Clean Trucks) and reject legislation (S3817/A4967) which aims to roll back the ACT Rule.

This event will include opportunities to

Search Clean Water