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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.

California Leads on Reducing Methane Emissions

March 24, 2017 | By Keith Nakatani

Yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted the strongest regulations in the country to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas production and storage. Clean Water Action and our allies led the charge to get these regulations in place. As California leads the way, the Trump

Screenshot of methane leak in Butler County via Earthworks

A view of the Anacostia River with Anacostia Park on the left and Seafarer's Yacht Club on the right

The Anacostia Park Community Collaborative: Comment on the Anacostia Park Management Plan / Environmental Assessment

March 24, 2017 | By Brent Bolin

Clean Water Action is proud to be a member of the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative (APACC), a community-based coalition to improve Anacostia River parklands, increase access to parklands for local communities, and create a healthy river adjacent to thriving neighborhoods. The National Park

Offshore wind, onshore jobs in Baltimore

March 23, 2017 | By Jennifer Kunze

For over a century, Baltimore has been a hub for dirty energy sources and other industry that has put our environment and our communities in danger. From coal-burning power plants and the BRESCO trash incinerator to crude oil train terminals and the coal export facility in South Baltimore, dirty

An aerial view of Sparrow's Point in Baltimore County, with the FSK Bridge and Baltimore City in the background.

Cape Cod residents fight back against Eversource herbicide spraying

March 23, 2017 | By Rachel Adler

Eversource (and before it NSTAR) has been spraying herbicides on long stretches of its transmission line rights-of-way (ROW) for years at great risk to those in the surrounding areas. These ROWs are close to homes, public spaces, and above an EPA-designated sole-source aquifer. NSTAR/Eversource has