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Tell Congress: Protect the Toxic Substances Control Act from the Chemical Lobby!
The chemical industry is lobbying hard to undermine the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) protections, which bans harmful chemicals and upholds the right of states to implement laws stronger than the federal government. Your representatives in Congress need to hear from you — this law is working and it should not be weakened.
Ways to Give | Protect What You Love: Protect Clean Water
There's strength in numbers! There is no gift that is too small to make a difference, and many of our members tell us they’d like to be able to give more. Luckily there are a variety of different ways to give, and we’ve added new resources to make it easier to understand these types of "smarter" giving.
A new partnership to protect our water
“We are excited to join with Seventh Generation to increase awareness, action and real-world progress on some of today’s most pressing water challenges,” said Clean Water Action President and CEO, Bob Wendelgass. “Seventh Generation’s growing market reach and role as a sustainability business leader, its aggressive commitments to reduce water and climate impacts, and its achievement of Made Safe certification for the new personal care products line add power and credibility to our work together.”
We Will Not Be Silenced: Speaking Out Against NEPA Rollbacks
Clean Water Action joined environmental advocates and community leaders from across the country for a rally and hearing in Washington, DC to speak out against the Trump Administration's rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action's Environmental Justice Organizer, traveled from Newark, NJ to speak at the hearing.
Budget cuts will get in the way of getting the lead out
As I watched a February 11 hearing about regulating lead at the tap, I experienced one of those “Opposite Day” episodes where two objective realities collide. I listened to 7 witnesses talk to the U.S. Congress about the proposed revisions to the Safe Drinking Water Act Lead and Copper Rule. My colleague Kim Gaddy, who lives in Newark, talked about what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should do to improve the proposal. She called for visionary federal investment to help communities get lead pipes out and to support improvement and modernization of all of our drinking water systems
