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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

Air Quality Safety Up in the Air: How to Find Your Footing

July 24, 2023 | By Catherine Middelmann

Clean Water Action’s campaigns will improve air quality now, and set us on a path towards a livable climate future. Together, we can do this.

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Clean Water Action's EJ & Warehouse Organizer Tolani Taylor

Keeping the Momentum going after another Warehouse Convening!

July 24, 2023 | By Tolani Taylor

As Clean Water Action’s Zero Emissions and Warehouse Organizer, I had the opportunity to organize an all-day Warehouse Convening on June 24th in Princeton, NJ.

How To Be A Spokesperson: Speaking on Sustainability

July 20, 2023 | By Alex Perez

Effective communication is an essential part to advancing our mission of protecting the precious resource of water for future generations. Those skills are on display in Minnesota reaching out to restaurants about switching to reusable foodware with our ReThink Disposable program!

Alex Perez and Chloe Kintop pose with informational flyers about ReThink Disposable

Map of California Groundwater Sustainability Basins and Stakeholder Engagement

Study Shows Vulnerable CA Communities Left Behind in Groundwater Sustainability Planning

July 19, 2023 | By Ngodoo Atume

For the past three years, Clean Water Action has played a leading role in assessing how groundwater sustainability plans submitted to the state of California are considering and protecting vulnerable communities dependent on groundwater as their source of drinking water. Key findings show that 63% of domestic users across the state are not protected by current sustainability plans.

Clean Water Action Speaks Out Against Coal Ash

July 17, 2023 | By Jennifer Peters

Until EPA enforces the federal rule and ensures all coal ash dumps are regulated, contamination of groundwater and drinking water supplies will continue. We must make enforcement a priority and mandate safe closure and cleanup of coal ash nationwide to ensure all communities are protected.

Great news! EPA & MDE order Baltimore City to help more households with sewer backups

July 17, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

For nearly a decade, Baltimore residents have been demanding that the City help people out when City infrastructure causes sewage to back up into people's homes. And this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment are supporting residents' demands, ordering the City to start offering assistance to every household that faces a sewer backup caused by issues in City infrastructure.

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