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Tips for a Successful Plastic Free July!
Plastic Free July kicked off Sunday. For the entire month, millions of people around the world will forgo plastic. Clean Water Action's ReThink Disposable program, which prevents waste before it starts by working with local businesses to minimize single use disposable packaging, is very excited to participate! You can find out more about the challenge, sign up for it, and check out a toolbox and many helpful resources at the Plastic Free July website.
Congratulations to our Minnesota Clean Water Champions!
Elections matter – that is something that Clean Water Action has known for a long time. Wi th your support, Clean Water Action was able to contact tens of thousands of our members by phone, text and email during an unprecedented election year. We were able to get out the vote for candidates with strong environmental records ready and willing to fight for issues that matter to Minnesota - climate change, clean energy, reducing toxic chemicals, protecting our water, addressing agricultural pollution, just to name a few. You made a difference, and you helped Clean Water Action make an incredible
On Tap Michigan - Virtual Town Hall Series
A joint Clean Water Action and Sierra Club Michigan virtual townhall series with newly elected Michigan lawmakers prior to joining the 2021-2022 101st Michigan legislature.
ReThink Disposable - The Problem
Unless we prevent packaging at the source it will continue to flow down the watershed to the ocean, requiring constant and costly management and removal, and will continue to disproportionately impact environmental justice communities near waste facilities. Packaging prevention in food service businesses and institutional dining operations is a win-win by saving them thousands of dollars and preventing large amounts of waste and litter prone packaging.
Letter -- Environmental Appropriations Requests -- FY 21 Omnibus
Download this letter here. Dear Chairman Shelby, Chairwoman Lowey, Ranking Member Leahy, and Ranking Member Granger: On behalf of our millions of members and supporters across the country, we respectfully request that you help protect the environment and healthy communities by increasing funding for key environmental agencies and programs in Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21). A final omnibus conference agreement should meet or exceed the funding levels laid out in the House’s FY21 bills, exclude harmful legacy riders, and ensure that COVID-related costs are provided for in emergency titles. It is
