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Clean Water on the Move - July 2023
Welcome to Clean Water on the Move, your monthly update from Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund.
Healthy Democracy Essential for Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice - Clean Water Action statement supporting the Freedom to Vote Act
A strong, healthy democracy is the best antidote to the corrosive and corrupting influence of special interests and big corporate polluters who would undermine our most important environmental and health protections. Passage of the Freedom to Vote Act would be a long-overdue step in the right direction.
Broad Coalition of Climate, Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Pass Freedom To Vote Act
With the urgency of the climate crisis, it is more important than ever that we elect officials who will fight for the people—not the oil and gas industry. A fair and just democracy is vital to protect our environment, and the Freedom to Vote Act will be an essential, historic step in the right direction.
Are you ready?
In early 2016 I was out with some colleagues and one of them said, “We elected Reagan twice, Trump could win.” I chuckled and said “OK, boomer” to myself. Welp... As my friend, Neil, recently wrote, everything we thought could happen under a Trump administration has. And then some. So this year I’ve knocked wood. I’ve thrown the salt over my shoulder anytime someone has said “he can’t win, right?”. I’ve gone outside, turned around three times, and spat and cursed every time I’ve slipped up. I’ve even hoped for a bird to poop on my shoulder (it’s a good omen, look it up). And I work for an
The future is unwritten.
Neil Bhaerman is a Clean Water Action member and former Clean Water Action phone canvasser and Communications Manager. He currently directs communications for the Ohio Federation of Teachers. I’m sorry. Four years ago, the week before the 2016 election, I wrote this, a look into a possible future where Donald Trump wins the election. While I can’t guarantee that I‘m accidentally responsible for manifesting the results of the last presidential election, it’s definitely a possibility. Sadly, the future that I imagined wasn’t hyperbolic. If anything it understated the damage that could be done by
