clean water action

Great Lakes ‘At Risk’ From Plan to Replace Aging Enbridge Pipelines, Environmentalists Argue

By Olivia Rosane / October 4, 2018

The state of Michigan and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge announced a deal Wednesday to replace controversial aging pipelines that environmental groups worried put Lakes Michigan and Huron at risk for an oil spill, The Detroit Free Press reported. Under the new plan, the existing 65-year-old pipelines, which are part of Enbridge’s Line 5 carrying oil […]

Taxpayers Charged $7 Billion a Year to Subsidize Fossil Fuels on Public Lands

By EcoWatch / May 24, 2017

Groups Sue Trump for Rollback on Safeguards for Leading Source of Water Pollution

By EcoWatch / May 4, 2017

Texas Town Opposes BLM’s Plan to Frack Public Lands

By EcoWatch / April 11, 2017

Shell, Dow Hid Cancer-Causing Chemical in Pesticides, Contaminating Drinking Water for Millions

By EcoWatch / April 11, 2017

How California Became America’s First State to Ban Plastic Bags

By Clean Water Action / December 12, 2016

By Matt Davis California’s environmental protections are not for sale. That’s the message California voters sent to out-of-state plastic bag manufacturers when they upheld Proposition 67 by 53 to 47 percent in November. But how did the Golden State manage to win a state-wide bag ban against a national political backdrop that went the other […]