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Celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of Pittsburgh’s Plastic Bag Ban!

April 23, 2024 | By Kate Kleinle

Two years in and we’re seeing the ban’s positive impacts but more still needs to be done.

Radical Optimism - How to Grow a Planet-Friendly Garden

July 31, 2023 | By Kerry Doyle

Plant something for the future, watch it grow, and save the world.

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Clean Water Business Champion Profile: Meet Laura Lady of FryAway

July 26, 2023 | By Jon Scott

Clean Water Business Supporter Laura Lady combined her love of cooking with her deep respect for this planet, with a product that solves a universal problem for home cooks: what to do with leftover oil.

How To Be A Spokesperson: Speaking on Sustainability

July 20, 2023 | By Alex Perez

Effective communication is an essential part to advancing our mission of protecting the precious resource of water for future generations. Those skills are on display in Minnesota reaching out to restaurants about switching to reusable foodware with our ReThink Disposable program!

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Study Shows Vulnerable CA Communities Left Behind in Groundwater Sustainability Planning

July 19, 2023 | By Ngodoo Atume

For the past three years, Clean Water Action has played a leading role in assessing how groundwater sustainability plans submitted to the state of California are considering and protecting vulnerable communities dependent on groundwater as their source of drinking water. Key findings show that 63% of domestic users across the state are not protected by current sustainability plans.

Great news! EPA & MDE order Baltimore City to help more households with sewer backups

July 17, 2023 | By Jennifer Kunze

For nearly a decade, Baltimore residents have been demanding that the City help people out when City infrastructure causes sewage to back up into people's homes. And this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment are supporting residents' demands, ordering the City to start offering assistance to every household that faces a sewer backup caused by issues in City infrastructure.

On-Farm Composting Webinar

July 12, 2023 | By Emily Ranson

Farmers can play an integral role in a healthy, local environment, and this year Maryland passed legislation enabling farmers to accept more food scraps into their existing foot print for manure composting. Keith Ohlinger, a Central Maryland farmer, joined us to speak about how farmers can use food scraps to create compost, and what this means for the environment.

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