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Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund 2020 Annual Report
2020 accomplishments set the stage for continued progress protecting our water and our health. Despite the past year’s very challenging circumstances — a hostile anti-environment administration and the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating health toll, social and economic disruptions — 2020 proved to be surprisingly productive, in each of Clean Water Action’s priority program areas.
Community Letter -- Invest in Our Water -- July 2021
Our organizations thank you for your continued leadership and commitment to clean and safe drinking water, public health, and environmental justice. As you implement the American Jobs Plan and Build Back Better agenda, we respectfully ask that you enact substantial spending for badly needed water infrastructure investments and in particular we emphasize the need for $45 billion to replace the nation’s lead services lines. Such investments will ensure that this unprecedented effort will leave a legacy of public health and justice for generations.
It is well known that there is no safe level of
Community Letter -- Pass the PFAS Action Act
The science is clear: PFAS have been linked to serious health problems through decades of animal, worker, and human studies. Unfortunately, EPA has failed to take steps to restrict air and water releases, reduce PFAS in our tap water, or clean up the nation's most contaminated sites. H.R. 2467 will set clear deadlines requiring EPA to do just that.
Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter serves as President and CEO of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund bringing more than a decade of executive leadership experience to the organization. Most recently, Jeff led a membership organization of health professionals in the US working to protect the public from the global threats posed by climate change, environmental destruction, and nuclear weapons proliferation.
Amber Schmidt
Amber Schmidt is the New England Zero Waste Organizer for Clean Water Action’s Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island offices. Her work in this role focuses on three main areas: reducing single-use disposable foodware, food waste diversion from landfills and incinerators, and zero-waste policy.