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Want to help make real change in 2019?
Start by Taking Charge of Your Change – a new way you can support the fight to Protect Clean Water. We’ve all had this experience. You make it to the end of the check-out line. Then, in front of everybody, the cashier looks you in the eye and says “Will you be adding a donation today for [ name that worthy cause]?’ You say “OK,” because you know that if you don’t you’ll feel guilty afterwards. By the time you get home from shopping, you’ve probably forgotten the whole thing. Donate-at-checkout requests happen for one big reason: They work. It’s hard to say “No,” and even if each donation is
Making Our Democracy Work Again
At Clean Water Action we believe deeply in harnessing people power to make effective change. Our grassroots organizers are in the field year round connecting people to issues that impact their environment, their health, and their communities. When elected officials hear from the people they represent, our democracy works. Or least, our democracy used to work that way. Over the last decade we’ve seen the public grow increasingly frustrated with elected officials because voters can’t shake the feeling that their representatives aren’t listening to them. Here’s the scary thing - voters are right
Protecting Our Health from Toxic PFAS Chemicals
At the 2018 annual Safer States meeting, state leads, scientists, lawyers and advocates from across the U.S, discussed the stark reality of the health and environmental impacts of per and polyfluorinated chemicals, commonly referred to as PFAS.
Governor Newsom Makes Safe Drinking Water Top Priority
Sacramento, CA -- The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Coalition released the following statement from Jonathan Nelson, Policy Director, Community Water Center in response to Governor Newsom’s 2019-2020 state budget proposal: “This budget makes clear that Governor Newsom is already demonstrating his leadership to ensure all Californians can finally have access to safe and affordable drinking water. As community-based organizations that are working alongside communities without safe, affordable water, we see the Governor’s commitment to working with the Legislature to establish the Safe
Inauguration of Gavin Newsom is an Opportunity for California to Finally Attain Human Right to Safe Affordable Drinking Water
Sacramento, CA – Today the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Coalition released the following statement from Dan Howells, California State Director of Clean Water Action, on the inauguration of Gavin Newsom as Governor of California: “Governor Gavin Newsom takes office at a time when California’s moral leadership and unparalleled potential are clouded by our failure to deliver the essential human right of safe and affordable drinking water to one million Californians. “The fact that communities of color face the highest risk from unsafe water is a situation Governor Newsom recently and
