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Achieving Safe Drinking Water in California

May 8, 2026 | By Jennifer Clary

Over the years, I’ve worked with communities, state and local agencies, and allies to help these Californians access something most of us take for granted: safe and reliable drinking water. The two most successful efforts have borne fruit in the last 7 years.

Turn the Tide on Plastic Pollution — Take the Bag Ban Pledge!

April 15, 2016 | By Miriam Gordon

I've been snorkeling all my life, and a few years ago I realized a life-long dream and became certified SCUBA diver. I don't recall ever seeing plastic in the ocean as a kid, and only recall an occasional bag or errant piece of fishing gear in the water when I was a young adult. Then a few years ago

The plastic bag monster on the streets of Oakland

The author (left) and Waste Prevention Program Associate Dara Rossoff Powell (right), tabling on Wednesday, April 6 at the City of Oakland’s Earth Expo event, downtown.

What’s So Great About Oakland, California? (Apart From Everything, Obviously).

April 8, 2016 | By Chris Slafter

Clean Water’s California office is located right in the heart of downtown Oakland—a city that even green-minded Europeans are talking about as a center for reducing carbon emissions associated with commerce. For 21 years, the City of Oakland has organized an annual earth expo in Frank Ogawa Plaza

Protect California's Groundwater From Injection Wells: Pass AB 1882

March 29, 2016 | By Andrew Grinberg

If you’re not looking for anything you’ll never find it. This has held true when it comes to contamination from oil and gas production in California for the last century. But the era of regulators ignoring the industry’s groundwater impacts needs to end. Assembly Bill 1882, introduced by