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Toxic Seduction
By Special Guest - Hilary Opperman This post originally appeared on The Campaign for Toxic-Free Kids Have you ever masqueraded as something you're not? The truth is that we all have from time to time. Now tell me this: Have you ever worn products that have masqueraded as something they're not? Have you ever bought a fancy shampoo because the bottle was aesthetically pleasing or suggested a sense of comfort? Or a product that reminded you of being younger? Or claimed to remove cellulite? To give your laundry a fresh scent? Or give you an artificially-induced tan? A product to shield you from
Industry claims the “sky is falling” with EPA’s Clean Water Act proposal, but their concerns belie the truth
By Brooks Mountcastle, Eastern Pennsylvania Director After watching the recent online videos of some Congress members lambasting the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) over proposed restorations that will bring clarity to the Clean Water Act, one might conclude that “jack booted thugs” (a term popularized in 1995 by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre in his description of federal agents) were coming to lock up the pool, bird bath, or creek in your yard. But nothing could be further from the truth. The lies being tossed around by
Earth Week = Action to #ProtectCleanWater
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director - Follow Michael on Twitter: @MichaelEdKelly Earth Week kicks off today and what better way to celebrate than standing up for Clean Water? President Obama’s proposal to fix the Clean Water Act, which was broken by the Bush Administration, is open for public comment. And we need a lot of public comments – because polluters are doing everything they can to stop the proposal. Click here to join thousands of Americans and tell President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that you want to #ProtectCleanWater. Learn more here. This is huge -
Putting the Yuk Into the Clean Water Act Policy Debate
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter - @LTCWA I’m pretty sure that anyone who read today’s news about three teenagers urinating into a finished water reservoir in Portland OR thought “…. Yuk, I don’t want that in my drinking water!” We need a similar but overwhelming public reaction of disgust and outrage about polluters’ effort to block one of the most important pieces of clean water policy in decades. According to news reports, cameras caught three teenagers urinating into a reservoir used to store drinking water which has already passed through the treatment
Cool Shades, Clean Water
by Jonathan A. Scott ( @jscottnh on Twitter) "What do hip-hop sunglasses have to do with Clean Water?" you might ask. This is not an academic question. When Todd Wilkerson, founder and CEO of trendy eyewear company Shuttershades first approached Clean Water Action about supporting our organization we had to think about it (for a second, but not any longer than that). Here are some of the obvious answers: Everybody cares about clean water. We all have a stake in keeping our water clean. Right now is Earth Month. As far as we're concerned, it's all about the water. Cool Shades, Clean Water