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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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Clean Water Candidates Won Big in Texas

November 16, 2018 | By David Foster
Thanks to clean water voters who came out in force for last week's elections, most of the pro-environment candidates endorsed by Clean Water Action here in Texas prevailed, and our endorsed candidates who lost, did so by very narrow margins. At the top of our ticket, Beto O'Rourke helped energize
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Failing to address toxic chemicals

No, Not Again: Major retailers still have a long way to go for safe stores

November 14, 2018 | By Ian De La Rocha
Mind the Store is a national campaign that works to get major retailers to get toxic chemicals off of their store shelves. Major retailers across the United States sell thousands of products containing toxic chemicals. Every year, Mind the Store releases a report card grading some of these retailers towards their progress on getting toxic chemicals off of store shelves. The companies are scored in different areas such as accountability, policy and disclosure.
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Clean Water Voters Made the Difference in Minnesota

November 12, 2018 | By Jenna Grove
Voters went to the polls in record numbers in the 2018 mid-term elections. According to a preliminary estimate from the Secretary of State's office, nearly 2.6 million Minnesotans voted in-person on Tuesday or by absentee ballot, giving the state its highest voter turnout for a non-presidential election since 2002. People were eager to make their voices heard – and they did.
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Richard and Jennifer look at a failing infiltration basin

Stormwater Practices Need Inspection and Maintenance

November 12, 2018 | By Emily Ranson
In November, Jennifer and I had the opportunity to take a storm water tour with Richard Klein, of Community and Environmental Defense Services. In off and on rain, we looked at the health of two different sections of streams and looked at two different storm water facilities. We first went to a
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