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People - Action - Justice: Good Jobs, Clean Air Coalition in New Jersey - The Fight Continues
The Good Jobs Clean Air (GJCA) NJ coalition of community, labor, and environmental advocates has organized over the past year to fight against a secret deal between Amazon and the Port Authority. This secret deal would have allowed Amazon to open an Air Hub at Newark Airport without considering impacts on the surrounding communities.
Keep California Safe: Oil Companies Are Risking Our Health With This Referendum
SB 1137, meant to take effect January 2023, requires oil and gas companies to keep their drilling at least 3200 ft from hospitals, schools and other vulnerable areas. Big Oil responded by filing a referendum just 3 days after it was signed into law. If they collect enough signatures, the measure will be stalled until 2024.
Collaborating to Protect our Drinking Water - Let’s Put the Clean Water Act to Work
The Source Water Collaborative brings everyone from water utility associations to environmental organizations to planning professionals together to elevate the need to protect drinking water sources in decisions at the local, state and federal levels.
Waste Free Philly
Clean Water Action is a part of the Waste Free Philly Coalition which developed a five-point agenda to help Philadelphia transform into a city where neighborhoods are litter-free, trash and recycling are properly collected, dumping is a thing of the past, and a low-waste circular economy can thrive.
With a new mayor and city council being elected in 2023 in Philadelphia, the coalition is working to make these issues a priority for our next generation of leadership in Philadelphia.
The plan calls for the next mayor and city council to:
Appoint a new position of Deputy Streets CommissionerThe Problem - Our Throwaway Lifestyle
Many people forget that reduce and reuse come before recycling in the 3Rs of waste management (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle). While recycling is certainly important, there is often too much focus on diverting single-use disposables from the landfill by recycling or composting instead of stopping this waste before it starts.