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Pushing For Meaningful Toxics Reform
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director – @LTCWA We’ve got a toxics problem and the U.S. Senate could make it worse – not better. Your voice needs to be heard. Our nation’s main law for managing...
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Polluting our Democracy: Big Oil’s Grip on Sacramento
By Andrew Grinberg, California Oil & Gas Program Manager – Follow Andrew on Twitter. Image courtesy of Stop Fooling CA – http://www.stopfoolingca.org/ Over the last month, the power and influence...
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The Golden State Exemptions Part 2: The Aquifer Exemption Resistance
By John Noël and Andrew Grinberg – On Twitter: @Noel_Johnny and @AndrewBGrinberg In part 1 we talked about a little know secret in our federal drinking water law that allows the oil and gas industry...
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Statement on Announced Closure of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant
The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant presents a health and safety risk for many Massachusetts residents. As the plant moves towards closure in 2019, we need to ensure that Entergy cleans up its mess, and...
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Guest Post: Hydropower Doesn’t Need Any More Loopholes
This guest post by Scott Bosse from American Rivers was originally discussing Senate bill S 1236. Recently, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce voted to add an amendment [HR 8] that...
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Count Fracula or Dr. Frackenstein’s Monster?
By Neil Bhaerman, Communications Associate. On twitter: @neilanalien We work on serious things at Clean Water. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t stop to have some fun, especially around Halloween....
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Thoughts On the Gold King Spill
This blog post is by Clean Water Action Board Member Myrna Poticha. Last week, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2015 was introduced in the Senate to help ensure that taxpayers aren’t on the...
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Public Safety vs. Public Health (an unnecessary choice)
On Monday, November 9th, the Boston City Council held a public hearing on a proposal to update Boston’s Fire code so that the city’s public spaces could, in the future purchase, furniture that is free...
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Two High School Freshmen Testify Wryly Before Joint Committee on Carbon...
By Amanda Sebert & Cindy Luppi. Follow the Massachusetts Campaign for a Clean Energy Future on twitter & facebook. While testifying before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on...
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A Clean Water Tale of Two Senators
By Steve Hvozdovich, Pennsylvania Campaigns Coordinator, Follow on Twitter It’s sad that despite broad national support for the Clean Water Rule, Congress seems intent on ignoring their constituents...
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Campaigning for Environmental Justice
By Alyssa Bradley, Montclair Field Canvass Manager, Clean Water Action. Follow @CleanWaterNJ on twitter to keep up with our campaigns in New Jersey! You can’t fight City Hall. We’ll never make a...
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Thank you!
By Bob Wendelgass, President and CEO – On Twitter @BWendelgass This week we gather with family and friends to give thanks and reflect on the past year. As I think about 2015, I am full of gratitude for...
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Shopping Frenzy
by Jonathan A. Scott, Clean Water Action’s Director of Corporate Relations, on twitter @jscottnh By now, you and everyone else online, has been buried in shopping promotions. Here are my personal tips,...
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This Week the Fight for the Environment Rages On
By John Noël, National Oil and Gas Coordinator – On Twitter: @Noel_Johnny This week kicks off the highly anticipated Conference of the Parties (#COP21) meeting in Paris. Virtually every country in the...
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Spending Bill is No Place for Polluter Giveaways
By Jennifer Peters, Water Programs Director – On Twitter, @EarthAvenger Some members of Congress and their polluter friends are determined to pile on dozens of anti-environmental policy riders to the...
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Making Urban Neighborhoods Greener
By Dave Gerraughty, Rhode Island Program Coordinator (from left) Kai, Grace and Janice I was thrilled to be able to attend the final presentation of the Brown TRI-Lab (Teaching, Research, Impact)...
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When Sharing Is Scaring
By Neil Bhaerman, Communications Associate – Follow Neil on Twitter – @neilanalien. A couple of weeks ago, the online news outlet Vox published an article headlined: “18 cities in Pennsylvania reported...
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Caucus for Clean Water in Minnesota!
By Deanna White, Minnesota Director. Follow our Minnesota staff on twitter – @CleanWaterMN The Minnesota caucuses take place on Tuesday, March 1. Caucus resolutions are the grassroots way of promoting...
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EPA and Congress Step Up Activity on Lead in Water and Drinking Water...
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director. Follow Lynn on twitter – @LTCWA On February 29, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials sent two important letters to Governors and state agency...
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Pittsburgh – The Next Kansas City?
By Steve Hvozdovich, Pennsylvania Campaigns Director. Follow our Pennsylvania staff on twitter – @CleanH2OPA Here in Southwestern Pennsylvania, our region is finally taking a new approach to address...
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