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Welcome to Clean Water Action, Massachusetts!
Everything is interconnected: clean water, good health, a stable climate, a healthy environment, economic well-being, a robust democracy, and justice for all—especially the most vulnerable among us. That’s why Clean Water Action aims to makes these basic rights and values central to all of our work.
DC Statehood
DC residents lack basic citizenship rights. Statehood is the only path to equal rights and full citizenship for residents of the District – it is the "unfinished chapter of the civil rights movement." More than 700,000 DC residents deserve to have a voting representative and two senators in Congress along with all the other citizenship rights every other American enjoys. That is why we support statehood for the District of Columbia and are calling on Congress to make DC the 51st state. DC residents pay the highest federal taxes in the country, yet have no voting representation in either the
Representative Brian Elder's Pro- Line 5 Statement as corrected by Clean Water Action
Representative Elder's original statement was riddled with errors -- so we fixed it. Download a PDF version of the corrections here. LANSING — Public Act 359 of 2018 passed the Michigan Legislature last December creating the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority to oversee the construction and management of a utility tunnel to modernize the oil and gas pipeline keep an outdated and climate-change inducing 19 th century fuel source operating through the Straits of Mackinac and house Enbridge Energy’s Line 5. Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit to terminate the operation of the existing
Making Democracy Work: Voter Rights & Redistricting
Clean Water Action is working in coalition with NJ League of Women Voters and Fair Districts NJ to demand a fair redistricting process and fair maps for New Jersey.
Massachusetts Legislative Priorities for 2021-2022
When it comes to protecting children from toxic chemicals, getting lead out of drinking water, putting a stop to climate change or protecting our most vulnerable – the time is now. Clean Water Action is prioritizing the following bills in the 2021-2022 Massachusetts legislative session. TOXICS-PFAS An Act to ban the use of PFAS in food packaging/An Act relative to chemicals in food packaging ( H2348, S 1494) Sponsored by Representative Jack Lewis and Senator Michael Moore Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a class of chemicals that are used to make materials non-stick, stain proof and