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Policy on Investing In Fossil Fuels
Because of the impacts of fossil fuels on the earth’s climate and the damage they cause to our air and water, it is the policy of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund to avoid investing any of their funds in companies that mine, produce, refine or burn fossil fuels. In 2013, Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund moved their investments to socially responsible funds which are either fossil-fuel free or include minimal investments in fossil fuels in their portfolio. Currently all Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund investments are fossil fuel free. Clean Water Action and Clean Water
Why You Matter
Clean Water Action's strength and effectiveness come directly from people like you, our members.
One million members strong, and growing, Clean Water Action is the nation's leading grassroots environmental organization.
The financial support provided by individual Clean Water Action members - whether contributed at the door, by phone, online, or by mail - sustains the organization's programs. Clean Water Action receives the majority of its funding in this form.
By design, Clean Water Action relies on its members, rather than on foundation grants, corporate gifts or government funding. This
Protecting Sources of Drinking Water
Clean Water Action is a founding member of the Source Water Collaborative.
The Collaborative is 26 organizations who have come together to protect America’s drinking water at the source – in the lakes, rivers, streams and aquifers we tap for drinking purposes.
Learn more here.
Source Water Stewardship: A Guide to Protecting and Restoring Your Drinking Water: Published in 2003, the Guide contains useful background on drinking water source protection. Download the guide here.
Putting Drinking Water First - the Reports
Polls show that people consider drinking water the most important public health and environmental issue, but environmental policies don’t always reflect this.
Most water pollution is caused by human activities. Growing food, producing energy for electricity and transportation, making products and building communities — all are activities that impact water.
You might think that these and other activities would be planned and manage to limit their risks to water. But that is not often the case. Instead, contamination and destruction of water resources are allowed to happen. Communities are left