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Tell the Baltimore City Council and Mayor Scott to invest in Zero Waste!

June 4, 2025 | By Jennifer Kunze

For Baltimore City to build an effective and equitable transition away from incinerating our trash by 2030, we need to be investing serious money in Zero Waste infrastructure, now. But Mayor Scott’s proposed budget doesn’t do that - and last week, we learned more. Contact Mayor Scott and your

Keystone XL - Just Say No

March 4, 2014 | By Clean Water Action

By Aaron Haskins, Michigan Energy Program Intern For years, we have been heard a lot about the Keystone Pipeline. Oil companies like TransCanada continually reassure us that the pipeline will have minimal impact on the environment while creating thousands of jobs for both Americans and Canadians

Clean house at Alcosan

February 25, 2014 | By Clean Water Action

By Tom Hoffman and Emily Alvarado This post was originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Included in the short list of issues that Mayor Bill Peduto raised with President Barack Obama back in November at a meeting of incoming mayors was a request for the Environmental Protection Agency to

One simple tip to turn a difficult time of year into something good (for our water)

Posted on February 23, 2014

by Jonathan A. Scott (twitter handle @jscottnh) Sorry, no tips here for dealing with extreme winter weather or the spring that never seems to come. This is about the dreaded lead-in to mid-April. Not the Earth Month part of April, or Earth Day itself. Those are great and well worth looking forward

"Polluter Pays" Paying Off in Rhode Island - Part 2

February 22, 2014 | By Clean Water Action

By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director (Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jrhodes97) Read part one here After Southern Union was found guilty of illegally storing mercury in Pawtucket, Judge William E. Smith, in an unprecedented move, in his opinion stated "I am inviting the parties, and the greater

"Polluter Pays" Paying Off in Rhode Island - Part 1

February 21, 2014 | By Clean Water Action

By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director (Follow Jamie on Twitter - @jrhodes97) Clean Water had an unusual opportunity in 2013. As part of a criminal penalty assessed against Southern Union, the natural gas storage and transportation company, we received $100,000 to develop and implement

How Many Toxic Spills Will it Take Before We Put Drinking Water First?

February 20, 2014 | By Clean Water Action

Coal Ash on the Dan River - Courtesy of Waterkeeper Alliance

By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator (Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @EarthAvenger) If you read the Associated Press, listen to NPR or watch Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, most likely you know about the Duke Energy coal ash

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