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WATER, FLOWERS, AND LIFE

May 28, 2026 | By Julie Wedge
This Water a Flower Day has me reflecting on how lucky I am that my husband has an incredibly green thumb. I can grow food and, in fairness, those plants flower, too. However, the beautiful explosion of colors in our yard all year long must be completely credited to my better half.
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Thank you Clean Water Members

November 24, 2016 | By Bob Wendelgass
This week we gather with family and friends to give thanks and reflect on the past year. Though the past few weeks have been tough, as I think about 2016 and look forward to 2017, I am full of gratitude for Clean Water Action members.
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Thank you from our NJ team

Protect Maryland from fracking

November 21, 2016 | By Michael Flack
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking has become quite the hot button issue, not just in the entire country, but also especially in Maryland. This invasive and dangerous method for obtaining natural gas could soon find its way to the state. In 2015 the Maryland General Assembly passed a two-year
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Maryland Gas Basins. Source USGS
Cindy, Amanda, and the Schroerers

Inspiration, in pint-sized Swiss packages

November 19, 2016 | By Cindy Luppi and Amanda Sebert
If you're like us, you have climbed out of last week's fog and are hungry for inspiration, for ways to engage right now that will make a difference. My co-worker Amanda and I found both this week through a visit from the Top to Top crew, consisting of Dario and Sabine Schworer and their amazing family of 5 children.
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Out There Every Day

November 16, 2016 | By Emily Woodcock
I work daily with an amazing team of dedicated organizers. We spend 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, year round, regardless of the weather or anything else, knocking on doors and engaging people to take action to protect clean water.
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Winter 2016 Ann Arbor field canvass team posing with clipboards in the snow
Swift River, White Mountain National Forest. Credit: haveseen / Shutterstock

Silver Lining in the Granite State

November 15, 2016 | By Amanda Sebert
Many of us are feeling defeated in the wake of this November’s election results. A Trump presidency was both feared and unexpected, but a republican controlled congress may actually be the hidden danger we’ve all been missing. When I left my office job in Boston to work on elections in Nashua New
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