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CA Department of Water Resources Rightfully Rejects Six Inadequate Groundwater Plans, While Approving Other Faulty Plans That Leave Drinking Water Users At Risk
With a well drilling backlog of 1,600 dry domestic wells in California — and with households having to wait up to 20 years for relief — failing these plans was not only the right thing to do, but the only option. At the same time, we are disappointed DWR approved other plans that fail to protect drinking water users.
Climate & Environmental Groups Support Full Implementation of Voting Rights Executive Order
Today, groups led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, DEMOS, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a report to commemorate the two-year anniversary of President Biden’s Voting Access Executive Order
Clean Water Action 2023 Legislative Priorities in Connecticut
The Connecticut 2023 legislative session is in full swing and Clean Water Action is working hard on critical legislative proposals. Our priorities include PFAS, climate change, and environmental justice.
Clean Water 50 Stories: Billy Goldsmith
Meet Billy Goldsmith, a former Clean Water Action canvasser in Philadelphia, PA and member of its Board of Directors.
Let's Get Composting in Maryland
Food waste is a persistent problem, with over 25% of the overall food supply at the retail and consumer level going uneaten and wasted. Disposing of our organic material in landfills and incinerators contributes to climate change. Whether landfilled or burned, the waste generates methane and carbon dioxide. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is 86 times more potent in causing the climate to warm than carbon dioxide, and landfills contribute 17% of Maryland’s methane. Landfill emissions are expected to more than double from our 2011 levels by 2020, according to the 2019 update to the