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Using Water Pollution Permits to Keep PFAS out of Drinking Water
Last week EPA issued a memo detailing how the agency will use its water pollution permitting program to limit discharges of PFAS to rivers, streams, lakes, and other water bodies. As we’ve written before on our blog, the Clean Water Act has many tools that can be used to keep these toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” out of our water. Benefits include shifting the burden away from drinking water systems and communities to clean-up PFAS and back on to the industries that financially benefit from using these chemicals. This memo is a welcome step, but more urgent action is needed.
Earth Day Priorities: 3 actions you can take right now to make a difference
This Earth Day, take a moment to make your voice heard! Earth Day can be overwhelming. There is no shortage of troubling information about increasing climate change, and what that means for our communities and our health. Sometimes it seems like the fate of the environment that sustains us depends on our daily actions and our purchasing choices But there is also promising progress on many fronts, and public support matters if we are to realize this progress. Clean Water offers many ways for people to take action to support our campaigns. Several of our priorities relate to issues that are on
Clean Water 50th Stories: Lilly Marcelin
Meet Lilly Marcelin: Lilly is a persistent, hard working advocate for Black women’s health who weaves together art, science, and advocacy for positive change.
4 Things About Taxes & Clean Water
Here are 4 tips YOU can use to make your clean water giving smarter, more efficient and more impactful. They could even help you save on your taxes!
Clean Water 50 Stories: Audrey Gerard
For our #CleanWater50 Stories series, Audrey Gerard shares her memories and thoughts on her time working at our Ann Arbor, MI office - the beginning of her career as an activist and advocate - and the lasting impacts and lessons learned.