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Both Clean Water Action and the Clean Water Act turned 50 this year. We wanted to share some highlights (and three new videos!) of all that we’ve achieved and accomplished in 2022 with help from members and supporters like you.

All across the internet and throughout holiday conversations, everyone seems to be talking about what an awful year 2016 was. Between celebrity deaths and the election of Donald Trump, it definitely had some real black strikes against it. But as I’m looking back on the accomplishments of Clean Water Action in Massachusetts, I’m finding some real reasons to celebrate as well. Here’s a reminder of some of 2016’s better moments! The Massachusetts legislature passed a comprehensive energy bill that included guaranteed purchase of 1600 megawatts of offshore wind (the largest amount in the US)

—This is a guest blog by Genevieve Abedon of Californians Against Waste Going to Standing Rock to fight for Native rights, land and water, and against the outdated oil and gas industry has been one of the most inspiring experiences of my life. I was at Oceti Sakowin camp in North Dakota for most of Thanksgiving week. I am both an environmentalist engaged with the broader progressive movement, and also a campaigner against plastic pollution; particularly single-use disposables. In this way I have always been a water protector at heart. I worked diligently with partners across the state