Four Decades
Failing to Enforce Fracking Rules
failure to enforce
Clean Water Action looked at how the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection did in 2011 for enforcing environmental rules on Marcellus Shale gas drilling companies. Despite over one thousand violations, 9 out of 10 gas companies got off without paying a fine.
Download the report and learn more.
Plan the Future: Somerset Community Leaders Demand Selectmen Act
Community activists gathered in Somerset on May 21 to deliver a failing report card to the town for its lack of action and transparency in reuse planning. At-left: a community generated reuse plan features mixed-use developments.
The PEC & Energy Efficiency
The board of the PEC will soon vote on whether to set more ambitious goals for energy efficiency and renewables. This would mean more funding for low-interest loan programs for members who want to insulate their attics, weatherize their homes, install modern heating and air conditioning equipment, and invest in solar. Even members who do not take direct advantage of these programs would benefit since the programs would reduce the amount of energy that the co-op must purchase and deliver to serve the population growth that we all know is coming.
Send a message today and demand an investment in clean energy to save money, conserve water, and prepare us for the future.
Say No to Easier Rock Mining!
Commissioners to Vote on Rock Mining and Sprawl
We know you care about the future of Miami-Dade. Right now our communities, our water supply, and our environment are being jeopardized by two development proposals that will be voted on May 16th by the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. Contact your Commissioner today - Ask for a NO vote on these proposals!
Stopping The Poudre River Dam
If built, the Glade Reservoir will rain disaster upon all it touches, including surrounding communities, ratepayers, natural inhabitants, and especially the river itself. Don't let the NISP dam up one of the Poudre's precious few untouched spaces.
Protecting our Water and Health from Toxic Chemicals
Did you know the shampoo, cleaner, or laundry detergent you wash down the drain can harm your health and the health of our water?
Find out how these chemicals are making their way from our products into our bodies and water
Learn steps you can take to reduce your exposure and protect your health and our water
Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake
In 1983, 1987 and 2000, Maryland Governors and their counterparts in Virginia, the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed signed formal agreements that set timelines for cleaning up the Bay. The most recent agreement called for deadlines that were to be met by 2010. That deadline will not be met. Clean Water Action supported the strongest possible version of this latest agreement, understanding that we would continue fighting for the enforcement of the Clean Water Act as the likeliest means restoring the Bay.
Electronics Take Back Campaign
rhode island law requires tv and computer manufacturers to recycle
Discarded computers and other electronics (e-waste) are the fastest growing portion of our waste stream. The National Safety Council estimates that there are 300 to 500 million obsolete computers in the U.S. ready for disposal.
Rhode Island Campaign for Producer Responsibility
When local governments took on responsibility for solid waste more than a century ago, household waste was primarily coal ash leftover from heating and cooking. The rest was mainly food and a small amount of simple manufactured products like paper and glass. Today manufactured products and their packaging make up 75% of what we throw away.