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EPA Seeks to Prolong Harmful Coal Plant Wastewater Pollution

October 6, 2025 | By Julie MacNamara

Under the guise of “unleashing American energy dominance,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to extend compliance deadlines for coal plant wastewater pollution limits, which will allow the continued discharge of harmful pollution into our waterways.

We're Hungry for Parks

May 26, 2020 | By Emily Ranson

Congress should fully fund for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by passing the Great Americans Outdoor Act. As we all have experienced, access to parks is incredibly important for our mental and physical health, and remain a low risk activity even while we are social distancing. Unfortunately, for years Congress has diverted money out of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, leaving us with critically underfunded parks when we need them most.

Reducing Plastic Waste and COVID-19

March 31, 2020 | By Emily Ranson, Anne Hulick, Johnathan Berard, Andria Ventura, Elizabeth Saunders, and Amy Goldsmith

A switch back to single-use plastics does nothing to stop COVID-19, but it does undermine recent efforts to reduce our reliance on a material that pollutes our world in every stage of its life: manufacture, disposal, and eventual breakdown in our oceans.

We Will Not Be Silenced: Speaking Out Against NEPA Rollbacks

February 25, 2020 | By Jenny Vickers and Kim Gaddy

Clean Water Action joined environmental advocates and community leaders from across the country for a rally and hearing in Washington, DC to speak out against the Trump Administration's rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action's Environmental Justice Organizer, traveled from Newark, NJ to speak at the hearing.

Trump’s FY 21 Budget: The worst budget for water. By the worst president ever

February 11, 2020 | By Andrew Grinberg

These cuts won’t just mean that EPA is doing less to protect our water, they also hit state and local governments and drinking water systems hard. States where Clean Water Action works would lose out on federal funding, leaving taxpayers and ratepayers holding the bag.

Trump’s Dirty Water Rule: Another Gift to Oil and Gas

January 23, 2020 | By Andrew Grinberg

The Trump administration finalized its signature Clean Water Act rollback, the Dirty Water Rule. This extreme interpretation of our bedrock water quality law rolls back the clock to a time when corporate polluters could dump toxic waste into rivers and streams and pave over wetlands without seeking

Perspectives on Groundwater Sustainability: Erik Ringelberg with the Freshwater Trust

January 10, 2020 | By Nina Foushee

Overview of your organization’s involvement with sustainable groundwater management issues? The Freshwater Trust is most well-known for its work on protecting freshwater river ecosystems. In California, a significant amount of surface water bodies are regulated and diverted through dams and other

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