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Victory! Pittsburgh Enacts Single-Use Bag Ban
Victory! Just in time for Earth Day, Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed a ban on wasteful single-use plastic bags. The ordinance is expected to reduce distribution of nearly 110 million plastic bags annually and decrease plastic litter. Clean Water Action is grateful to have played a part in making this happen. Thank you to every member and supporter who took action!
Pittsburgh is now the 6th municipality in the commonwealth to pass this kind of policy, joining Philadelphia, West Chester, and others. The ordinance prohibits retailers and restaurants from distributing single-use
About Clean Water Fund
Since 1974, Clean Water Fund has helped people campaign successfully for cleaner and safer water, cleaner air, and protection from toxic pollution in our homes, neighborhoods and workplaces.
Citizens’ Poplar Point Working Group
The Citizens Poplar Point Working Group is a broad-based, collaborative effort of residents interested in the future of the Poplar Point area of the District of Columbia. Three respected DC-based nonprofit organizations joined forces to create the citizens’ working group: The Anacostia Coordinating Council, the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative, and the DC Environmental Network.
Over one hundred environmental and community groups urge U.S. Supreme Court to uphold federal clean water protections
On June 17th, 2000, Clean Water Action joined 113 environmental and community organizations across the US in filing a brief in support of the Environmental Protection Agency in the case Sackett v. EPA.