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Putting Environmental Justice First: Clean Water Action's Kim Gaddy Joins Historic Summit at U.S. Capitol
All Americans deserve to live in healthy environments, free from pollution and toxic waste. But people of color and low-income Americans are disproportionately affected by pollution every day. Clean Water Action was honored to attend today’s first-ever Congressional Convening on Environmental Justice to fight for Environmental Justice now.
K im Gaddy, Clean Water Action’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Organizer, joined other environmental justice, climate justice, public health, and faith advocates, to speak as a panelist entitled: Environmental Justice Policy Challenges: How we scale up positive
Clean Water Action's Kim Gaddy Joins Historic Environmental Justice Summit at U.S. Capitol
Clean Water Action was honored to attend today’s first-ever Congressional Convening on Environmental Justice hosted by Chairman Grijalva, Rep. McEachin, and the House Committee on Natural Resources. Watch the live stream here:
Support our campaigns to break free from plastic
When the summer weather’s nice, and even when it’s not, clean water means fun for everyone. Let’s keep it that way. Donate now to join Clean Water Action and fight the rising tide of single-use disposable plastic trash that threatens our water and our health. Clean Water Action’s award-winning ReThink Disposable campaign is working directly with businesses and consumers to phase out the use of single-use disposable items that end up in our trash and in our water. Clean Water Action members are helping us campaign successfully to ban some of the worst of those single-use items, from flimsy
Benefits of Banning Plastic Bags in Baltimore City
As environmental awareness has continued to increase, the debate of banning distribution of plastic bags has been brought to the table. Implementing policy regarding this issue in Baltimore City would lead to numerous benefits for its residents, its economy, and its surrounding ecosystems. A plastic bag ban in Baltimore City may reap a large positive economic impact by decreasing the demand for disposable bags and increasing the demand for reusable bags. This will create a market for manufacturers to produce more sustainable alternatives to plastic bags, as well as increased employment
Organizations Call for a DRBC Vote for Full Fracking Ban
West Trenton, NJ – Members of the public are speaking out at the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) public meeting today at the West Trenton Fire Company Hall. Representatives of advocacy groups from throughout the region are calling for the Commissioners to vote as soon as possible to adopt a full ban on fracking throughout the Delaware River Watershed, including banning the treatment, storage and disposal of wastewater produced by fracking, and banning the export of water from the Watershed to enable fracking elsewhere.
On May 16 at the Delaware River Governors Summit, New Jersey