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Clean Water Currents | Spring 2025

May 2, 2025 | By Clean Water Action

In This Issue: Clean Water Act Protections Under Attack: Urge EPA to Protect Our Water | Defending Our Safeguards | Dismantling Environmental Justice Initiatives Harms Us All | Update From Jeff Carter, President & CEO | State and Regional News: California, Chesapeake Region (Maryland, DC, Virginia), Michigan, Minnesota, New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Preview of first page of the letter submitted to EPA on April 23, 2025

Letter to EPA: Refrain from Further Narrowing the Definition of the “Waters of the United States”

April 23, 2025 | By Julie MacNamara, Clean Water Action, and Clean Water Fund

Clean Water Action / Clean Water Fund submitted the following comment letter as part of the April 2025 public comment period for EPA's Request for Recommendations on the definition of the "Waters of the United States"

Case Study: Bedford Public Schools pdf preview

ReThink Disposable Case Study: Bedford Public Schools

April 17, 2025 | By ReThink Disposable in Massachusetts

Bedford Public Schools, located in Bedford, Massachusetts, serve approximately 2,500 students across four schools. Thanks to a generous donation from PlasticFreeRestaurants.org, the schools’ polystyrene (foam) lunch trays were traded for Ahimsa stainless steel reusable trays.

Putting Drinking Water First: Clean Water Act Protections for Streams and Wetlands are Essential for Safeguarding Drinking Water

April 15, 2025 | By Lynn Thorp, Sean Jackson, Julie MacNamara, and Troy Wynne

The Clean Water Act is intended to protect waterways from harmful pollutants, yet many streams and wetlands have lost their protections and others continue to be at risk. Streams and wetlands are more than just landscape features — they are critical parts of our natural water infrastructure that influence downstream water quality, including in drinking water sources.

Factsheet - Bag the Plastic Bag Ban in Minnesota!

March 21, 2025 | By Clean Water Action Minnesota

Minnesota plastic bag recycling is estimated to be less than 10%. Clean Water Action is working to remove the plastic bag ban preemption in Minnesota statute, which will return local control around this issue back to where it belongs — with each city and town in Minnesota.

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