Clean Water Action Delivers Hundreds of Constituent Actions to Congressman...
by Gary Wockner Clean Water Action has been heavily engaged in drilling and fracking issues here in Colorado. We’ve been knocking on doors in the Denver Metro area for the past 2 months, educating...
View ArticleGoing to the Peoples Summit
By Colleen Meehan, Pennsylvania Program Organizer In late June I had the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to take part in the Peoples Summit for Social and Environmental Justice, and to...
View ArticleGoing Solar This Summer
Clean Water Action’s California Director, Miriam Gordon, and her husband with their new rooftop solar system. Up on the Roof — Solar Style Last year, when Clean Water Action partnered with Sungevity to...
View ArticleRussell Train – Thoughts on Pioneers and Protections
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Those of us who spend our days thinking about protecting public health and the environment took pause yesterday to reflect on the debt we owe to Russell...
View Article#GoVote
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications It’s just past 8 am on the west coast, which means that all polls are open in the lower forty-eight (Hawaii and Alaska are very soon). That means...
View ArticleUranium Mining in Virginia: What finally got a national policy wonk to look...
Today we welcome Guest Blogger Lisa Ragain, who runs Aqua Vitae, a water consulting organization. Lisa’s message is quite timely, given that the Virginia Senate Agriculture Committee will consider...
View ArticlePowerful Women: Pauline Rodrigues
By Joel Wool, Clean Energy Campaign Organizer “The end of coal-burning is near: we need to think about what comes next.” Join Pauline in asking Massachusetts to Plan for Transition Five hundred feet...
View ArticleLooking Forward to Tax Season
The April 15 tax deadline is one of our least-eagerly-anticipated, most procrastinated-about deadlines. In addition to the costs, the tax filing process can consume tons of paper. Wasted paper usually...
View ArticleWhat I Did for Earth Day 2013
by Jonathan A. Scott Today, I had the good fortune to visit with Aveda salon and spa owners, managers, stylists and volunteers in Concord, Hooksett, Londonderry, Windham and Milford, New Hampshire. My...
View ArticleBeyond Fracking: Injecting Acid into the Ground – Really?
By Andrew Grinberg, Oil and Gas Program Coordinator Click here to read part 1 Most of the information on acid stimulation for oil and gas production comes courtesy of industry papers on how to...
View ArticleCan We #ProtectCleanWater?
By Angelique Giraud, Florida Energy Community Organizer Advocates from all over the nation gathered together July 10th in Washington, DC to speak out in support of clean water. For the first time in...
View ArticleNo Excuse for Water Pollution
NO EXCUSE FOR WATER POLLUTION — by Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director I have worked on water issues for a long time, so I don’t expect surprises about pollution sources. But that’s what I got...
View ArticleGoing to the Peoples Summit
By Colleen Meehan, Pennsylvania Program Organizer In late June I had the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to take part in the Peoples Summit for Social and Environmental Justice, and to...
View ArticleBringing Green Justice Home to Our Communities
In Massachusetts, Clean Water Action’s canvass is rolling out a new energy program we helped create. Using targeted outreach and improved financial incentives, this program will expand home...
View ArticleClean Water Action Delivers Hundreds of Constituent Actions to Congressman...
by Gary Wockner Clean Water Action has been heavily engaged in drilling and fracking issues here in Colorado. We’ve been knocking on doors in the Denver Metro area for the past 2 months, educating...
View ArticleGoing to the Peoples Summit
By Colleen Meehan, Pennsylvania Program Organizer In late June I had the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to take part in the Peoples Summit for Social and Environmental Justice, and to...
View ArticleBaltimore Takes a Stand for Clean Water
By Will Fadely, Baltimore Program Organizer – follow Will on Twitter: @TrillChillWill This spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took some long-overdue steps to fix the Clean Water Act,...
View ArticleLooking for Sustainability Abroad
By Lily Biggar, Communications Intern After an incredible summer spent interning at Clean Water Action’s DC office, it is finally time for me to move on to my next adventure! This Friday, I will be...
View ArticleDispatch from Japan
Clean Water Action now has eyes and ears on the ground in northeastern Japan. Former Connecticut Co-Director Roger Smith is investigating the tsunami recovery as he settles into a new position in the...
View ArticleDressing up like farmers…
By Phil Dimotsis, Campaign Organizer – Follow Phil on Twitter (@PhiluptuousD) This Halloween and in weeks to come, polluters and their industry lobbyists are dressing up as “family farmers” attempting...
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