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Testimony in Support of NJ's Environmental Justice Bill
Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action's Environmental Justice Organizer, testified before the NJ Assembly Environment Committee on Monday July 20, 2020 in support of NJ's Environmental Justice legislation (S232 / A2212). If you live in New Jersey, please contact your legislators to urge them to pass the most protective cumulative impacts bill in the nation. Good afternoon, My name is Kim Gaddy, Environmental Justice Organizer for Clean Water Action and lifelong Newark resident. I am here to lift all the voices of Black and brown residents in the State of New Jersey who fight every day to breathe clean
Massive, Diverse Groups To NJ Assembly: Pass Nation’s Strongest Cumulative Impacts Bill
An incredibly powerful and diverse array of over 170 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents including unions, environmental justice, social justice, community, faith-based groups, urban mayors, and an united environmental community called on the NJ State Assembly to pass the strongest possible version of the cumulative impacts bill (S232/A2212) out of committee today and the full Assembly on July 30th
Massive and Diverse List of Groups To NJ Assembly: Pass Nation’s Strongest Cumulative Impacts Bill
An incredibly powerful and diverse array of over 170 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents including unions, environmental justice, social justice, community, faith-based groups, urban mayors, and an united environmental community called on the NJ State Assembly to pass the strongest possible version of the cumulative impacts bill (S232/A2212) out of committee today and the full Assembly on July 30th
Plastic Free July 2020
We are in one of the worst eras of plastic pollution ever, but we are also in one of the best moments of plastic pollution activism! Join us in celebrating Plastic Free July - a month dedicated to raising awareness and taking action to fight plastic pollution.
PFAS, the “forever chemicals” made simple
In our work at Clean Water Action we throw around a lot of statistics and chemical names which, if you’re not used to hearing them, all sound pretty much like “ethyl-methyl-bad-stuff.” Sometimes that’s really all you need to know: “there’s something bad there – stay away.” But one group of chemicals you really should know about is PFAS, aka “Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances”, aka “the forever chemicals.” To keep it simple, we’ve boiled down the facts for you in this handy infographic. Check it out! Want to dig deeper? You can learn more about PFAS at https://cleanwateraction.org/features
