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How Big Oil is Using Big Bucks to Put Our Great Lakes at Risk
"We have two options here: demand our elected officials to act on behalf of their constituents and decommission Line 5 before it fails, or continue to elect people like Governor Snyder and Attorney General Schuette and keep our fingers crossed."
Victory! Pittsburgh Enacts Single-Use Bag Ban
Victory! Just in time for Earth Day, Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed a ban on wasteful single-use plastic bags. The ordinance is expected to reduce distribution of nearly 110 million plastic bags annually and decrease plastic litter. Clean Water Action is grateful to have played a part in making this happen. Thank you to every member and supporter who took action!
Pittsburgh is now the 6th municipality in the commonwealth to pass this kind of policy, joining Philadelphia, West Chester, and others. The ordinance prohibits retailers and restaurants from distributing single-use
Use Salt to Melt Ice? Here Are Some Tips So You Don’t Pollute Your Favorite Lakes and Rivers!
Water is part of who we are in Minnesota. But lakes and creeks in our cities are getting salty. Fifty lakes and streams in Minnesota have tested above EPA standards for salt!
Clean Water Action supports the Environmental Justice for All Act | Letter to Natural Resources Committee Leadership
The Environmental Justice for All Act (H.R. 2021), introduced by Rep Raul Grijalva and Rep Donald McEachin, is a long overdue package of reforms that will help address the history of environmental injustice that has led to undue burdens of pollution on people of color and low-income communities.
Letter to EPA: On 2022 Draft Aquatic Life Ambient Water Criteria Recommendations for PFOA and PFOS
Clean Water urges EPA to finalize the most protective PFOA/PFOS aquatic life criteria possible and to move quickly to draft aquatic life criteria for other PFAS compounds.