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Clean Water Action’s 2025-26 MA Legislative Priorities
The new federal administration is launching direct attacks on the health, safety, and pocketbooks of Massachusetts families. Our state legislators can push back by passing an uplifting environmental agenda that protects families from toxic substances, cleans the air we breathe, maintains our leadership in clean energy jobs, and defends overburdened communities from climate disruption and pollution.
Newark Makes History With First-In-The-Nation Environmental Justice Ordinance
On July 13th, the City of Newark made history when the Newark Municipal Council passed a first-in-the-nation Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts Ordinance which seeks to address the problems that have led to unhealthy levels of pollution in the region’s poorest communities.
The ordinance requires developers requesting environmental permits to inform the city of any environmental impacts. This information is to be submitted to the City’s Environmental Commission along with the developer’s initial site-plan application so that the Commission can advise the Central Planning Board
ReThink Disposable Case Study | Borough of Red Bank
In 2024, ten New Jersey municipalities passed Skip the Stuff Ordinances, which has restaurants only provide single-use cutlery and condiments upon request for take-out orders. Red Bank’s Green Team, with the help of Clean Water Action, created educational flyers in English and Spanish and provided outreach to businesses and residents.
Data Centers - A Threat To Minnesota's Water
Data centers are popping up across the country as the dependency on cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence increases. These centers require millions of gallons of water and huge amounts of electricity each year to cool the facility and run efficiently. Minnesotans shouldn’t be left on the hook for multi-billion-dollar companies seeking tax breaks to run facilities that not only monopolize but also poison our water.
Philadelphia Environmental Justice Summit 2025
Clean Water Fund presents the second annual Philadelphia Environmental Justice Summit—an evening of powerful storytelling, community-building, and collaboration.