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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.
Solving Stormwater Problems with an Innovative Approach
Over many years and decades, ineffective stormwater management has become a leading cause of the degradation of District waterways like the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, and smaller tributaries such as Rock Creek, Watts Branch, and Oxen Run.
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.
The 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.