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Dr. King as a Blueprint for Activist Ethnography

January 14, 2026 | By Janée Kelly
As a burgeoning anthropologist, I have had to come to terms many times over with the history of the discipline. The use of words like “primitive” or “exotic” used to describe what we see as the “other”— A way in which to remove ourselves from the reality of our shared humanity.
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Oil and Gas and the Safe Drinking Water Act

January 6, 2015 | By Clean Water Action
By Lynn Thorp, National Programs Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter (@LTCWA) The Infographic - download and share

While it is widely recognized that Congress exempted hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, it is less understood that SDWA still
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Recycling the Bulb in RI

December 22, 2014 | By Clean Water Action
By Dave Gerraughty, Program Coordinator When I began thinking about how to create a voluntary program that would get Rhode Island residents to recycle fluorescent lighting, the biggest challenge was how to make it easy for people to get burned-out bulbs from their basements to a recycling firm
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Will EPA Finally #KickCoalAsh?

December 17, 2014 | By Clean Water Action
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator - Follow Jennifer on Twitter (@EarthAvenger) After years of delay, EPA will finalize its coal ash rule on December 19th. Will it be strong enough to protect the hundreds of communities impacted by this toxic waste? Six years after our nation’s
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The SDWA - 40 years of Safe Drinking Water

December 16, 2014 | By Clean Water Action
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter (@LTCWA) Celebrating 40 years of Safe Drinking Water

Today is the 40 th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Like our drinking water itself, a lot of people don’t think much about SDWA (pronounced Sid Wah) until there is a
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