Maryland's Clean Water Priorities at Crossover
On Monday, Maryland passed a critical legislative deadline called “Crossover.” To keep moving forward after this deadline, a bill must have passed either the Senate or the House and crossed over into the opposite chamber. With less than three weeks to go until the end of Maryland’s legislative
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Help Us Solve California’s Nitrate Problem
Agriculture was a $54 billion industry in California in 2014, and the numbers have continued to grow each year despite the drought. But that profit comes at a cost and one of those costs is water quality in our farming communities. Plants need nitrogen to grow, and the advent of chemical fertilizer
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Legislative Session 2016: Building Momentum and Making Gains in CT!
This short 2016 legislative session has been amazing, exhausting, productive, and heart-breaking all at once.
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Our disconnect with water: Scott Pond and linking individual actions to the health of our waters
Earlier this month, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Department of Health released an advisory to avoid contact with Scott Pond in Lincoln, Rhode Island due to the presence of blue-green algae in the water. Not only should adults avoid contact with the water, it said
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Diving into the Legislature
You never know what you might run into when activists descend on the statehouse for the Environment Council of Rhode Island’s (ECRI) annual Lobby Day. Last Wednesday, I was greeted in the rotunda by a group of our allies in the Energize Rhode Island coalition wearing snorkels to demonstrate the kind
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Career Fairs & Job Perks
Hi, I'm Hallie Leonard, the office manager for Clean Water Action's Providence office! Much of my work is administrative, making sure our office runs nice and smooth all year long. However, as Spring time rolled around, I began a career fair marathon to recruit our next great canvassers. I learned
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At First Glance the Beach Looks Clean, but When You Take a Closer Look, It Really Isn’t
California is renowned for its miles of pristine beaches, but look a little closer, and you’ll uncover the symptoms of a global plastics problem, right under our noses.
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We All Live Downstream - Clean Water Action Podcast
Welcome to We All Live Downstream: a Clean Water Action Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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