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Bob Walsh Returns to Clean Water Action Advisory Board
Clean Water Action has announced the return of long-time labor leader, and Breakfast of Champions emcee extraordinaire, Bob Walsh, to their Advisory Board.
Big State House Wins for the Environment, Worker and Public Health as the NJ Legislature Closes Out this Session
Clean Water Action played a pivotal role in securing landmark legislation on plastics and PFAS as well as on a path to advancing additional safeguards and polluter pay policies in the next legislative session, like Climate Superfund!
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 ‘
Proposed Plan for Highway Expansion Moves Forward
An online presentation is open for you to learn about Governor Hogan's proposed expansion of 270 and 495, two highways in the Washington Metropolitan area. The planned expansion is intended to reduce congestion by adding toll lanes, like what has been done on parts of 95 north of Baltimore and in Northern Virginia. The Maryland Department is hailing this as a "state-of-the-art" transportation solution that will return your quality life. It's not. Building more roads is not state-of-the-art and will not return quality of life. After years and countless examples, we know that highway expansion