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Meet our new Texas Director, Becky Smith!
Welcome to our new Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund Texas State Director, Becky Smith! Becky is taking the helm in the Lone Star State after our long time Texas State Director David Foster transitioned into his well-earned retirement at the end of 2021 after 26 years serving the people and natural environment of Texas. Becky brings a significant amount of experience in grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, and fundraising. While new to the role of Texas State Director, she is no stranger to Texas Clean Water. Becky began her career in environmental advocacy and action in 2001 as a
Clean Water 50 Stories: Todd Speight
Todd brought a lot of great ideas and energy to Clean Water Action's canvass programs. He built one of our largest and most successful field operations in Austin, TX. Todd is known for his vision and his ability to wordsmith great ideas into a few simple words.
Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passes landmark ban on single-use plastic bags 10 days before Earth Day
Just in time for Earth Day, Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed a ban on wasteful single-use plastic bags.
Clean Water Action: Texas just made it harder to vote -- the US Senate must respond by protecting voting rights.
"Instead of focusing on real problems like fixing the electrical grid that failed so miserably during last winter's storm, the Governor and his allies are making it harder for people to vote."
Plastic Bags’ Days are Numbered in Pennsylvania
July 1, 2021 was a milestone date in Pennsylvania - one that put pollution from plastic bags on notice. It marked the expiration of a statewide preemption that delayed implementation of any current policies to limit or ban single-use plastic bags. The legislature first tried to limit local plastic bag bans in 2017 through a standalone bill, which Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed. Lawmakers then added the preemption language into a budget-related bill called the fiscal code in 2019 and renewed it in 2020. The absence of a renewal in this year’s state budget opens the door for cities and municipalities to
