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Minnesota's Cumulative Impacts Law: Rulemaking
In the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, we saw the passage of an important environmental justice law; the cumulative impacts law. This law is currently entering into the rulemaking process, where the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will clarify details of how the law will work in effect. This will be an incredibly important process to engage with, as weak rules could effectively undermine any power this law could hold.
Environmental Justice in Anacostia Park
Anacostia Park is a 1200 acre park system adjacent to the Anacostia River, managed by the National Park Service. It is a greenspace that has and still does play an important role in the culture and community health of several predominantly Black neighborhoods in Southeast and Northeast D.C. Advocacy to support investments in the stewardship and infrastructural maintenance of Anacostia park has been a long-standing challenge.
MI Water, MI Future Transcript - Water Justice, Access and Affordability in Michigan
MI Water MI Future Townhall Series Water Justice: Access & Affordability in Michigan June 1, 2020 Video Transcript Townhall Video Link (Youtube) Chat Transcript With Links (end of audio transcript) Panelists Congressman Dan Kildee (Michigan's 5th Congressional District) Senator Stephanie Chang (Michigan State Senate District 1) Sylvia Orduño (Advocate & Community Organizer, People's Water Board Coalition) Moderator Sean McBrearty, Clean Water Action Michigan Legislative and Political Director Sean McBrearty 00:10 Welcome everybody. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. My name is Sean
Clean Water Currents | Fall 2023
In This Issue: Congress Should Protect People, Not Polluters! | Devastating Sackett v. EPA Supreme Court Decision Puts All Water At Risk | Lead In Drinking Water - Putting Lead Service Lines Behind Us | PFAS Chemicals - Taking the Burden Off Communities and Our Health | EPA Proposes to Expand Regulation of Toxic Coal Ash | State and Regional News
Letter to Congress Regarding H.R. 2 (June 2020)
June 29, 2020 Dear Representative, The undersigned organizations support numerous provisions in H.R. 2, The Moving Forward Act, that invest in our nation’s water infrastructure, environmental justice, ecosystem restoration, and community resilience. We depend on wastewater and stormwater infrastructure every day to prevent our communities from flooding, protect our sources of drinking water, and keep local rivers and lakes clean and safe for our families to enjoy. However, in many areas, our nation’s infrastructure is no longer up to the task. Pipes, septic tanks, and treatment facilities have
