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Clean Water Action Celebrates New Jersey’s Landmark PFAS Victory! Aggressive Action is Needed to Protect our Drinking Water Sources.
A federal court settlement worth more than $2 billion, the largest environmental settlement ever reached by a single state, is set to fund the cleanup of widespread PFAS contamination at four former DuPont industrial sites across New Jersey, state officials announced Monday.
Cedar Lake Triathlon Goes Zero Waste
The collaboration between Clean Water Action’s team, the United Church of Chester, and the Cedar Lake Triathlon Series replaced disposable cups and plastic water bottles with reusable cups and silicone water bottles, resulting in a reduction of roughly 200 disposable cups and 20 plastic bottles per race from the trash. Throughout a season, that adds up quickly.
Prioritizing an Upstream Focus for PFAS in Drinking Water
According to a 2023 U.S. Geological Survey, at least 45% of tap water in the U.S. contains one or more types of PFAS. This contamination didn’t occur overnight—it has been building up in our environment for decades, beginning with the initial manufacturing of PFAS in the 1940s.
Meet Our 2025 New Jersey Environmental Justice Intern: Ishaan Bharadwaj!
Clean Water Action is proud to welcome the newest participant in our Summer 2025 Environmental Justice Organizing Internship Program.
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