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Clean Water on the Move - July 2023
Welcome to Clean Water on the Move, your monthly update from Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund.
Healthy Democracy Essential for Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice - Clean Water Action statement supporting the Freedom to Vote Act
A strong, healthy democracy is the best antidote to the corrosive and corrupting influence of special interests and big corporate polluters who would undermine our most important environmental and health protections. Passage of the Freedom to Vote Act would be a long-overdue step in the right direction.
Broad Coalition of Climate, Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Pass Freedom To Vote Act
With the urgency of the climate crisis, it is more important than ever that we elect officials who will fight for the people—not the oil and gas industry. A fair and just democracy is vital to protect our environment, and the Freedom to Vote Act will be an essential, historic step in the right direction.
Awakening: My Road to Environmentalism
As a self-proclaimed “social justice warrior”, I am ashamed of how late I arrived to environmentalism. Growing up in Baltimore, I focused on police brutality, homelessness, and a faulty public education system. I remember walking down Preston street seeing my community members throwing corner store trash in the road. I saw cigarette butts and soda cans in the alleyways, but I still didn’t make the connection. How could I not notice the lead poisoning epidemic? Why did I consider sewage overflows and the Chesapeake Bay pollution to be a less important issue? Why do so many put environmental
How to Connect and Inspire: Ellie Goldberg
This is the second in a series of interviews with Clean Water Action Massachusetts Advisory Board Members. Ellie Goldberg has two daughters and lives in Newton. She is focused on environmental health and safety and has a special passion for protecting children. Ellie has been involved with Clean Water Action and the Massachusetts Advisory Board for almost 30 years. She is also a member of Green Newton and Mothers Out Front, is on the board of Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow ( ), and maintains a blog dedicated to the values and legacy of Rachel Carson, entitled ‘