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Knowledge Is Power: Fighting for Public Power in Ohio
The Public Power Project travelled across the Midwest where communities are maintaining their own energy grids, learning the sometimes complicated world of power generation, or fighting for local control over the flow of resources and capital in their communities.
Welcoming our New Climate Justice Program Director, Rev. Vernon Walker!
Clean Water Action is excited to welcome Reverend Vernon K. Walker to our team in Massachusetts!
RI Bottle Bill Update! What Happens Next and How You Can Help
Let’s make sure Rhode Island passes a bottle bill next session!
Clean Water on the Move - August 2023
Welcome to Clean Water on the Move, your monthly update from Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund.
Water as a Human Right
The Human Right to Water, passed by the legislature in 2012 and signed by Governor Brown, was a great policy idea with almost no teeth. Community members and advocates worked for years to gain recognition for water as a human right, with our first bill, AB 1242 (Ruskin, 2009) vetoed by then-Governor Schwarzenegger and its successor, AB 685 (Eng, 2012) taking the full 2-year session to pass. The legislation was short and to the point:
It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state that every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for