Protect What You Love: Protect Clean Water
There's strength in numbers! There is no gift that is too small to make a difference, and many of our members tell us they’d like to be able to give more. Luckily there are a variety of different ways to give, and we’ve added new resources to make it easier to understand these types of "smarter" giving.
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My Clean Water Story
By Tim McDaniel, National Program Intern - Follow Tim on Twitter ( @TimMcDaniel365) This is my first time writing a post for We All Live Downstream, so of course I had to do my research. Most of the posts that I had read for my organization were about some major catastrophe or a campaign that we
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The One Simple Thing You Can Do To #ProtectCleanWater – Tweet!
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director - follow Michael on Twitter ( @MichaelEdKelly) The campaign to #ProtectCleanWater is in full swing and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to hear from us. You can let EPA know that you support its proposal to restore protections to the small
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Why I want to #ProtectCleanWater - My Childhood Creek
For much of my childhood, in Waco Texas, I grew up with a creek behind my house. That creek is the center of many of my memories and is one of many Texas creeks that is denied protections under the current interpretation of the Clean Water Act. Growing up, my siblings and I would put on rubber wading boots, take a net off a hook in our garage, and trample down the hill behind our house.
Climate and a Strong Clean Water Act: My Drinking Water Week Ruminations
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter, @LTCWA It’s Drinking Water Week and this writer would like to remind you that the Public Water Systems that deliver tap water to more than 85% of us accomplish this amazing feat in the face of numerous challenges. I’d like to end
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Our Water Has Waited Too Long
By Michael Kelly, Director of Communications - follow Michael on Twitter - @MichaelEdKelly The Clean Water Act became law in 1972. Since then industry and their allies in Congress have attempted to weaken the landmark law – asking Americans to put their bottom line ahead of protecting our water. In
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Derailments and Spills and Protecting Clean Water
By Andy Fellows, Chesapeake Regional Director A CSX train carrying crude oil going off the tracks in Virginia is a news flash that grabs national attention for a moment, but for those involved and for the communities in which they happen, a derailment can be catastrophic, life changing and deadly
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We All Live Downstream - Clean Water Action Podcast
Welcome to We All Live Downstream: a Clean Water Action Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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