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Clean Water Waves | In The News, May 2023
Our work to protect clean water across the country often makes the news. Clean Water Waves highlights recent articles featuring our staff speaking on their areas of activism and expertise.
Supreme Court Announces Decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
Today’s Supreme Court ruling is anti-science and anti-common sense and abandons long standing Clean Water Act protections that had been in place for decades. Protecting wetlands and other waters from pollution is critical to safeguarding the rivers and lakes that communities swim and fish in. This grossly misguided decision threatens our vital drinking water sources and prioritizes polluters’ interests over the health of people and ecosystems. Our work to protect clean water is far from over and we call on Congress and states to take swift action to ensure water bodies across the country are protected.
PFAS Chemicals: Why You Should Weigh in on Drinking Water Limits and Why This is Not Enough
We are entering the final week for submitting comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on proposed limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water.
Clean Water Action Honoring 2023 Environmental Champions at Annual Celebration
WALTHAM - Leaders from the environmental, labor, and progressive organizing movements will be honored next week at Clean Water Action’s 2023 Annual Celebration, May 23rd, at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham. María Belén Power, the Undersecretary of Environmental Justice and Equity for the Healey-Driscoll Administration, will be giving the keynote address at the event.
“We are excited to honor our 2023 class of environmental champions. All of this year’s honorees exemplify the best of grassroots organizing - working person by person to build power and win
EPA Proposes to Expand Regulation of Toxic Coal Ash
A strong coal ash rule will provide some long overdue relief to the communities that have been most impacted by this toxic pollution and aligns with the Biden administration’s commitment to advance environmental justice.