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Behind Those California Water Headlines: Problem Solved! Let's All Go Home!?
What's behind the recent headlines on California groundwater? Does a new study suggest the problem is solved, and that we can all go home? Er...no!
What Philadelphia Can do to Reduce Our Risk from Oil Trains
Every year during the first weeks of July, thousands of people across North America participate in the Stop Oil Trains week of action to commemorate the 47 people who tragically lost their lives in Lac Megantic, Quebec when a runaway oil train derailed and exploded. This July 6 marks the third Anniversary of the disaster and reminds us all of the threat oil trains pose to our communities. Yet we don’t need to look that far back to be reminded. Just last month, on June 3, a train carrying crude oil derailed in the majestic Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. Several cars caught fire and one
MA Senate Releases Energy Infographics and Also Passes Great Legislation
On Thursday, June 30, the Massachusetts Senate released a bunch of really cool infographics and also voted unanimously to pass S2372, omnibus energy legislation that significantly increases our state’s use of clean power. The Senate’s legislation will now be “conferenced” with an earlier, narrowly tailored House energy bill, and legislative leaders from each chamber must come to compromise by the end of July (Clean Water was quoted in Mass Live and the Worcester Business Journal, and also check out a synopsis of the bill and process from here on by reporter Jon Chesto). The ramifications of
Protecting Rhode Island families from toxic PFAS
PFAS are a class of human-made chemicals that are incredibly persistent in the environment and also highly toxic, linked to cancers, reproductive harms, and other health problems. Clean Water Action is fighting to protect our waterways, and our bodies, from toxic PFAS chemicals. Learn more and take action!
Getting the Lead Out of Rhode Island's Drinking Water
There is no safe level of lead exposure. Learn more about how lead enters drinking water, how to protect yourself and your family from lead in drinking water, and what steps Clean Water Action and others are taking to ensure that every lead service line in Rhode Island is located and replaced.
