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Berkeley Unanimously Passes Groundbreaking Disposable Free Dining Ordinance

BERKELEY, Calif. – The Berkeley, CA City Council has taken an important step to drastically reduce the amount of disposable foodware coming out of the doors of the city’s restaurants. Berkeley’s new policy is a precedent-setting example of how cities can lead in the global movement to reduce the plastic pollution damaging our waterways and communities.

The ordinance, which requires that food vendors provide reusable foodware to customers who eat onsite and makes certain single-use disposable items available only by request or at a self-serve station, also mandates a $0.25 charge for any

Clean Water Action: Environmental Justice Legislation Empowers NJDEP

Trenton, NJ-Today, Kim Gaddy, Environmental Justice Organizer for Clean Water Action, testified in the Senate Environment Committee hearing on legislation (S1700) sponsored by Senators Troy Singleton and Loretta Weinberg which would empower the NJ Department of Environmental Justice (NJDEP) to deny permits due to environmental injustice

Senate Action Lets DEP Stop Environmental Injustice

Want to help make real change in 2019?

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We’ve all had this experience.

You make it to the end of the check-out line. Then, in front of everybody, the cashier looks you in the eye and says “Will you be adding a donation today for [ name that worthy cause]?’

You say “OK,” because you know that if you don’t you’ll feel guilty afterwards. By the time you get home from shopping, you’ve probably forgotten the whole thing.

Donate-at-checkout requests happen for one big reason: They work. It’s hard to say “No,” and even if each donation is

Making Our Democracy Work Again

At Clean Water Action we believe deeply in harnessing people power to make effective change. Our grassroots organizers are in the field year round connecting people to issues that impact their environment, their health, and their communities. When elected officials hear from the people they represent, our democracy works.

Or least, our democracy used to work that way. Over the last decade we’ve seen the public grow increasingly frustrated with elected officials because voters can’t shake the feeling that their representatives aren’t listening to them.

Here’s the scary thing - voters are right

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