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Water Wasteland - A Blueprint for Change
Third, the book elevated those local experiences and the leaders fighting locally for clean water to advocate directly for strong protections, funding and enforcement through the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and other laws.
Celebrating THE Clean Water Champion
David knew that an organizer's job is never really done and he made sure everyone knew that. We can’t get comfortable just because you won one fight, or two or ten. We have to keep organizing and educating and engaging. We have to stay involved. It's the only way to protect our water, our health, our families.
Gearing up to protect Connecticut's water, health & climate in 2018
The Connecticut Legislative Session starts today and we're ready to advocate for the policies we need to protect our water, our health, and our climate.
The first step is to put an end to last year’s destructive raid on funds for our Green Bank and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). These are critical programs to reduce our carbon emissions and help our residents and business owners save money through energy efficiency renewable energy options. These programs don’t just protect our environment – they save consumers money and create clean energy jobs. Connecticut residents can take
Will State House Lawmakers Ever Stand Up for Flint?
It was a dark, cold January day, shortly after Michigan officials had finally admitted that the people of Flint had been exposed to poisoned water running through their taps. We drove from Lansing to St Michael’s Church in Flint for an organizing meeting. Local activists, people from the non-profit community, and even experts who had run door-to-door canvasses in response to Hurricane Sandy, were all there to do something about the water crisis that is still being ignored by our state government.
It is hard for me to write about what happened in Flint. The most important voices of this tragedy
Minnesota's 2016 Legislative Session in Review
As the brief 2016 legislative session ended, it was clear that this session would end like the 2015 legislative session did, riddled with missed opportunities to protect Minnesota’s environment and public health. The legislature managed to pass a $182 million supplemental budget bill that included environment and natural resources, and agriculture provisions. While lawmakers did act favorably on a few of our priorities, they failed miserably in other areas including: advancing clean energy, safeguarding public health, funding cleanup of the St. Louis River, and funding important modernization