Reducing Waste in Pennsylvania Communities
Plastic pollution affects everyone by reducing our quality of life, blighting our neighborhoods, and contributing to water pollution and the degradation of our planet. Clean Water Action is working to reduce single use plastic bags as a first step toward addressing broader plastic litter and illegal dumping issues.
Civic Engagement and Democracy in Pennsylvania
Clean Water Action endorses and works to elect candidates at all levels of government that share our priorities to better protect our environment and safeguard our public health.
Protecting Pennsylvania from Oil and Gas Development
Fracking operations have already contaminated drinking water; dumped wastewater on roads and in to waterways; and crisscrossed Pennsylvania with pipelines. Clean Water Action is working to protect sensitive areas like parks and forests, prevent roll back of safeguards and transition Pennsylvania to a renewable energy future.
Protecting Pennsylvania's Air
The Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution says "the people have a right to clean air". Clean Water Action is working to hold industrial polluters accountable for their toxic emissions and violations as well as reduce potent greenhouse gases like methane, that exacerbate climate change.
Protecting Pennsylvania's Environmental Justice Communities
There are over 1,000 identified Environmental Justice areas throughout Pennsylvania. Clean Water Action is working to ensure that all Pennsylvanians, especially those that have typically been disenfranchised and/or disproportionally burden with adverse environmental impacts are meaningfully involved in decisions that shape a healthy environment in which to live, learn and work.
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