California

Black History Month Champion: Ngodoo Atume

February 1, 2023 | By LaTrice Harrison

"What I love most about my work is seeing the impact and change that we make in the lives of the people and environmental justice communities we serve. My goal to ensure that communities, particularly those of color, have access to safe, clean, and affordable drinking water."

Person in filtering industrial face mask standing next to welcome sign for Bakersfield CA (Life as it should be)

Keep California Safe: Oil Companies Are Risking Our Health With This Referendum

December 1, 2022 | By Grace Lee

SB 1137, meant to take effect January 2023, requires oil and gas companies to keep their drilling at least 3200 ft from hospitals, schools and other vulnerable areas. Big Oil responded by filing a referendum just 3 days after it was signed into law. If they collect enough signatures, the measure will be stalled until 2024.

Knowledge is Power and PFAS is Forever. California needs to pass AB 2247!

August 9, 2022 | By Andria Ventura

September 2022 Update: This bill has passed the California Assembly and Senate! We now need to make sure AB2247 is signed into law by Governor Newsom. Click here to send him a message today.

We know virtually everyone has PFAS in their bodies. We know that testing has detected these toxic chemicals

Clean Water Action is proud to co-sponsor Assemblymember Richard Bloom's AB 2247 - because we have t

Community Water Tour in the San Joaquin Valley - Mr. Benitez next to his groundwater well

Are Groundwater Sustainability Plans upholding the Human Right to Water in California?

March 21, 2022 | By Ngodoo Atume

In 2012, the state of California passed the Human Right to Water to ensure that every California resident has safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.

Pursuing Environmental Justice In Kern County

February 19, 2019 | By Jesus Alonso

Clean Water Action has been working with communities in Kern County since 2014 to bring resources and attention to the needs of local residents in order to advocate for community health protections and improved regulations on the oil and gas industry.

Tittabawassee River photo: flickr.com/collins_family (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Three million gallons of sewage, a contaminated river, and Michigan’s water infrastructure woes

November 6, 2017 | By Sean McBrearty

Last week, Saginaw Township’s wastewater retention and treatment basins overflowed. After just over two inches of rainfall stressed the outdated sewer infrastructure to its failing point, over three million gallons of partially treated sewage was released into the Tittabawassee River.

E. coli levels