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ReThink Disposable & Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund, in collaboration with MudLab and the UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management have released a timely guide for restaurants seeking to keep customers safe while at the same time honoring our commitment to the planet. In the guide, readers will find conclusions about the safety of reusables from the scientific community, FDA, CDC, and other authorities on the topic. Further, helpful tips for maintaining reusable systems despite the extra precautions necessary for protection against COVID-19 are paired with practical tips from restaurants who currently implement such re-use systems.

In This Issue: We Cannot Be Silent. Black Lives Matter | Tell Us Your Environmental Justice Story NJ | Coronavirus Should Wake Us All Up to Environmental Injustice | Pump the Brakes on Highway Expansions! | COVID impacts on the Environment and NJ State Budget | Stop Burning or Burying Food Waste | Don't use COVID as a Cover to Go Backwards on Plastics | Your Going Green Guide: Green Cleaning in a COVID World | Climate Action in a Time of Social Distancing —A Virtual Gathering of Activists and Neighbors

ACA 5 by Assemblymember Shirley Weber will allow Californian voters to remove an outdated and antiquated law that restricts local and state leaders from minimizing inequality, and promoting economic fairness.