Pipes, Wipes, and the Potomac: Two Preventable Causes of a Sewage Spill
When people hear about a sewage spill, they often assume it’s an inevitability — a pipe that simply failed one day. Sometimes it is a simple act of bad luck or weather. But more often than you might realize, these breaks are avoidable. When we have proper investment and care for our infrastructure, we can fix these issues before they happen.
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A Tale of Two Washingtons
Can't we end the subsidies? By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Shortly before the U.S. Senate failed to overturn Big Oil subsidies, President Obama spoke in the Rose Garden about the need to set our sights on a clean energy future and to stop handing billions of dollars a year to oil
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Getting Serious about Clean Air
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Closer to cleaning our air up EPA's proposal for controlling industrial carbon pollution from new and modified power plants is a welcome step forward. The Administration is taking common sense steps to protect from climate change and air pollution and to
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Storm Water Success!
By Andy Fellows, Chesapeake Regional Director Protecting the Bay On Friday afternoon, the Maryland House of Delegates passed House Bill (HB) 987 on a 90-48 vote. This is a great step forward for the campaign to reduce pollution from storm water – the runoff from urban and suburban streets and
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The Kids are Alright
"Keep Our Water Safe" By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director While the letters our members write to President Obama encouraging him to keep clean water progress moving are great, the pictures their children draw are even better. Water issues are big and complex, and World Water Day is a good
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Will Fracking Destroy Colorado's Rivers?
The Colorado River By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director Originally posted at Huffington Post Oil and gas drilling and fracking pose extraordinary threats to Colorado's Denver metro and Front Range cities including to air quality, water quality in streams and groundwater, wildlife habitat
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Get the Lead Out (of Lipstick)
By Mia Davis Get the Lead Out Originally published at Crazy, Sexy, Life Dear Cosmetics Industry: Please stop defending lead and other nasty chemicals in your products. Love, Mia A $25 tube of department store lipstick should be safe, right? You might assume it is safer than $2 drugstore brand. Not
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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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