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Clean Water Action Statement on President Biden Signing of the Inflation Reduction Act
Today President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which makes historic investments to combat climate change. A 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 will help ensure we protect future generations from the worst climate impacts.
Examining Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
Clean Water Action is celebrating our 50th birthday this year and the anniversary of the Clean Water Act which our founder, the late David Zwick, helped to craft and pass in 1972. For 50 years, the Clean Water Act – our nation’s bedrock environmental law – has helped prevent water pollution and protect the health and safety of waterways across the country.
EPA Takes Action to Empower States & Tribes to Protect Water ResourcesSection 401 of the Clean Water Act is a critical tool that empowers states and Tribes to protect water resources from harmful projects such as fossil fuel pipelines or
Clean Water Action Statement on Senate Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
In response to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) in the Senate, Bob Wendelgass, President and CEO of Clean Water Action, released the following statement.
Reducing Plastic Waste and COVID-19
A switch back to single-use plastics does nothing to stop COVID-19, but it does undermine recent efforts to reduce our reliance on a material that pollutes our world in every stage of its life: manufacture, disposal, and eventual breakdown in our oceans.
Letters and emails from Clean Water Action?
Like many nonprofits, many of our most important communications with our members are planned out many weeks in advance – a much longer timeframe than the rapid pace with which the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading.
This means, chances are, you have received one or more communications that were written “before.” Here’s what we would like you to know, now:
All of us here at Clean Water Action sincerely hope you and your family are healthy and remain so.
Our organization has responded by cancelling meetings, conferences and long-distance travel this spring. We’ve also temporarily suspended the door