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Coming Together For Equitable Public Power
A number of communities are taking action to explore what it would take to break from investor-owned utilities who are failing to meet community reliability, sustainability, and affordability expectations and instead form a new public power utilities. Over two years and across multiple states, the Public Power Project collaboration explored the perspective of campaigners, public officials, staff of existing municipal power utilities, and communities already served by public power. Through landscape analysis, interviews, and focus groups this report shares insights gained about how public power, in its incumbent and emergent forms, can be equitable, just, and democratic.
Plastic Free July Forum: ReThink Disposable! | Video
Join the ReThink Disposable team and special guests for a discussion on reducing plastic pollution by switching businesses, institutions, and organizations to reusable foodware!
New Jersey Needs a Deposit Return System, aka “Bottle Bill” Fact Sheet
Clean Water Action is working in coalition to reduce single-use beverage containers through passage of the strongest Deposit Return System possible aka the New Jersey Bottle Bill!
Chris Bathurst
Chris started field canvassing for West Virginia Citizens Action Group in Morgantown WVA in 1984. He has been with Clean Water since 1985. Over those years he has worked on a multitude of issue and electoral campaigns in 12 states. Chris currently lives in Conway MA where you can often find him fly fishing on his favorite rivers and streams.
Lynn Thorp
After 27 years with Clean Water, at the beginning of 2026, Lynn stepped into the role of President. She leads and manages all aspects of the organization along with two other Executive Council members. Prior to this role, Lynn oversaw the organization’s national work on water, global warming, energy, and chemical policy. She is particularly involved in drinking water issues and has served two terms on the National Drinking Water Advisory Committee, which advises the US Environmental Protection Agency on drinking water policy. Lynn has also served on several other Federal Advisory Committees
