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Diesel Pollution Is Harming NJ Communities – This Bill Could Change That
Take Action Now - Tell your legislators to support the NJ Indirect Source Review Bill!
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World Asthma Day - Truck Count & Press Conference
May 20, 2025 | Elizabeth, NJ
When: NEW RAIN DATE: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where: 1050 Sherman Ave, (Twin City Warehousing Co.), Elizabeth, NJ In honor of World Asthma Day, May 6, Clean Water Action is calling all advocates and local community members in Elizabeth to come learn about the connection between
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Taking a Ride to the Port of Newark
Port-adjacent communities, like Newark’s Ironbound and South Ward neighborhoods, are home to high concentrations of polluting facilities and have some of the country's highest rates of childhood asthma.
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Motorcade Rally to Demand the Port Authority Ensure Clean Air & Good Jobs Now
Yesterday, Clean Water Action joined the Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) and City of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to lead a motorcade rally through the port followed by a rally on the steps of City Hall to demand the Port Authority of NY/NJ ensure clean air and good jobs now. Clean Water Action and
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From Portland, Oregon to Washington DC: Clean Air and Ports that’s the Ticket
By Amy Goldsmith, State Director, Clean Water Action. Follow on Twitter. Solid as a rock Rooted like a tree I am here Standing strong In my rightful place This is the song that was sung by community organizers from across the country to kick off the Moving Forward Network’s (MFN) annual meeting in
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The Invisible Epidemic: How Diesel Pollution is Suffocating American Families
Clean Water Action co-leads the Coalition for Healthy Ports NY/NJ and has joined the national Moving Forward Network urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to address global climate change caused by diesel emissions at our ports, warehouses, and highways across the country. Together, our goal is to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures to demand #ZeroEmissionsNow - sign the petition here.