Protecting America's Water

Water is a necessity of life and a foundation for healthy communities and strong economies. Everything we do requires water,and everything we do can impact our precious water resources.

Toxic chemicals used in making everyday products can end up in our drinking water, causing health concerns and requiring expensive tratment that raises the cost to cosumers and communities. Our energy choices contribute to global climate change, which is very much about "water change." Our energy choices can alos lead to water pollution-for example from mountaintop removal coal mining or hyraulic fracturing for natural gas expoloration. Energy choices can also consume cast quantities of our limited water resources- for example nuclear power or production of corn ethanol. Read more...

Combating Climate Change

Global warming is no longer a problem to be answered in the future-it must be addressed today. In developing a new energy economy we will face challenging decisions about energy production and consumption. We must identify energy sources that are not dependent upon consistent, reliable water supplies. Read more...

Toxic Chemicals

A healthy environment should not be a luxury, yet our homes and communities are increasingly contaminated by chemicals and fumes from countless everyday objects. Together, we present a strong, unified voice for environmental justice in communities and neighborhoods across the United States. Read more...

Making Democracy Work

Clean Water Action builds grassroots strength in key states and communities to change politics and environmental policy in states, local communities and Washington, DC. Our door-to-door campaigns educate the public and promote grassroots power while training the next generation of environmental leaders. Read more...

Cleaning Up Coal Ash

Coal ash is the waste that remains after coal is burned.  It contains  a toxic mix of substances that are known to be hazardous to humans and the environment – heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, lead, and selenium.  Largely unregulated, coal ash is commonly stored in unlined ponds or landfills, a practice that has resulted in hundreds of cases of water contamination around the country.  Clean Water Action is fighting to end reckless coal ash disposal practices. Read more...

Fracking

In recent years, a new technique called hydrofracturing (or fracking,
for short) has been used to drill for natural gas buried miles below the
surface of the earth.  Among the areas where fracking is expected to
grow are Michigan and the mid Atlantic states of New York, New Jersey,
Maryland and Pennsylvania, where drilling is now taking off; and
Colorado and Texas, where drilling has been happening for several
years.  Clean Water Action is working to make sure that fracking does
not ruin the air and water of communities in which it happens.   Read more...