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2025 Year in Review: ReThink Disposable in California

December 8, 2025 | By Julie Wedge

It's been another successful year for the ReThink Disposable program, and we want to thank our Board, our members, and our valued supporters for trusting us to do this work.

We wrapped up a four-year contract with StopWaste where we worked together to reduce single-use disposable foodware in Alameda

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Baltimore Takes a Stand for Clean Water

Posted on June 17, 2014
By Will Fadely, Baltimore Program Organizer - follow Will on Twitter: @TrillChillWill This spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took some long-overdue steps to fix the Clean Water Act, ending confusion over which streams and wetlands are protected by the law. Loopholes in the law created
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Will You Be Smiling for Father’s Day? How about after that?

Posted on June 13, 2014
Smiling is good. We need more of it. Father’s day can be worth smiling about. We hope that’s true in your case. So, what's the link between smiling and clean water (other than the obvious)? If you’re customer of the world’s largest online retailer (like most people who buy stuff online) chances are
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Outdoors Enjoyment & Clean Water Go Together Like…

Posted on June 11, 2014
For most people, your outdoor experience would be much less enjoyable without clean water. Three of the basics – fishing, swimming, drinking – can’t really happen without clean water. Outdoor sports retailer Summit Sports is dedicating a portion of all June and July online sales to three great
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It’s Not Always Sunny in Philadelphia

June 10, 2014 | By Clean Water Action
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO. Follow Bob on Twitter - @BWendelgass It rained yesterday here in Philadelphia--which reminded me why we need to restore protection under the Clean Water Act to all our streams and wetlands. When it rained, lots of small streams in my part of the city popped back
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Risking Our Food and Farmland in Michigan

June 9, 2014 | By Clean Water Action

By Bruni Bezati, Lake St. Clair Program Intern

I am extremely disappointed with the Michigan State Legislature’s decision to pass a package of bills that allows industrial waste, like coal ash, to be used in roads, as construction fill, and most alarming of all, to be spread over our farm fields

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Responding to #ProtectCleanWater Myths

June 2, 2014 | By Clean Water Action
By Margi Armstrong, Lake St. Clair Program Coordinator Protecting all of our nation’s water seems like a no brainer. In fact, when I ask folks in my community to take action to fix the Clean Water Act and ensure that we protect our drinking water sources, the most common response is “Well, duh
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