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Clean Water Currents | Winter 2025
In This Issue: Defending Our Safeguards -Standing Up to Clean Water Threats in Congress | Urging EPA not to Prolong Toxic Coal Plant Wastewater Pollution | New Report: Making the Case for Sustained and Equitable Water Infrastructure Investment | EPA “Polluted Water Rule”
Comment Period | Clean Water State and Regional News
PFAS: The Ingredient You Never Ordered
Thousands of Minnesotans are unknowingly exposed to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” every time they cook or eat from a Teflon (PTFE) pan. Here’s what you need to know.
American Water Works Association and Clean Water Urge EPA Not to Extend the Compliance Deadlines for Coal-Fired Power Plants
American Water Works Association and Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund submitted a joint comment letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to extend the compliance deadlines for coal-fired power plants set in the 2024 “Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category.”
Factsheet - Bag the Plastic Bag Ban in Minnesota!
Minnesota plastic bag recycling is estimated to be less than 10%. Clean Water Action is working to remove the plastic bag ban preemption in Minnesota statute, which will return local control around this issue back to where it belongs — with each city and town in Minnesota.
Factsheet - Protecting Our Waters from Plastic Pollution: Boat Shrink-Wrapping in Minnesota
Minnesota leads the nation in boats per capita, and 80,000 to 300,000 of these boats are shrink-wrapped every year over the winter with millions of pounds of plastic used. Clean Water Action is supporting legislation in the 2024 Minnesota Legislature to encourage the collection, recycling, and tracking of boat shrink-wrap plastic.