Hey, Walnut Creek, CA! We've got an Earth Month event just for you - *Green Movie Night & Panel*, on Friday, 4/17, in Walnut Creek from 6:30pm-9:00pm! Join our very own Julie Wedge for a film screening, light refreshments, and a post-film panel discussion with city staff and local organizations🌏✨

Saturday, 4/18, 2026, Celebrate Oakland’s 32nd Annual Earth Day with a day full of sustainability, community, and environmental action! Join hundreds of volunteers in honoring our city and creating a lasting impact for generations to come. Over 60 Projects, One Goal: Make a Difference!

More good news: Earth Month 2026 will be a month full of climate action here in California! There are numerous opportunities to volunteer and take action on climate this April. Join us in the fight for clean water for all! www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/earth-month-...

After two long years of community science, collecting data, sharing and collecting community experience and developing strategies. The Lost Hills Community has completed their Local Community Emission Reduction Plan. this momentous plan is a big step forward for pollution burdened communities

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Let's go NGO Groundwater Collaborative & Groundwater Leadership Forum! Our next GWC+GLF Bi-Monthly Joint Meeting will be on Wednesday, April 8th, from 3:00pm – 4:30pm Pacific Time. We'll be hosting dialogues covering such topics as Budget+Bond, Prop 4, Watershed Resilience, FIRO, URCTA and more!

Thank you, @asmnickschultz.bsky.social ! 🫡

Why Groundwater Matters

The “heat dome” enveloping California over the next week will rapidly melt our remaining snow cover – an increasingly common occurrence as temperatures increase. Read more about in this week’s blog post - cleanwater.org/2026/03/11/w.... Happy #GroundwaterAwarenessWeek!

Come join us on a volunteer restoration day or a field tour this summer and learn how these landscapes help sustain the Yuba River.
Groundwater Awareness Week reminds us that what’s beneath our feet matters just as much as what we see on the surface.
#GroundwaterAwarenessWeek #MeadowRestoration

National Groundwater Awareness Week An annual observance established in 1999 to highlight the responsible development, management, and use of groundwater, the event is also a platform to encourage yearly water well testing and well maintenance, and the promotion of policies impacting groundwater quality and supply. Groundwater advocates across the country also use GWAW to highlight local water issues in their communities.

It’s #GroundwaterAwarenessWeek! Protecting groundwater is central to the One Water approach.

Water systems are deeply connected—from aquifers and rivers to drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater. Join us in raising awareness to protect this vital resource: www.ngwa.org/get-involved...

💧 It’s National #GroundwaterAwarenessWeek - celebrate by learning about the water beneath our feet that sustains communities, ecosystems, & more.

Learn more: bit.ly/national-groundwater

Educational activities: groundwater.org/activities/

Let’s protect #groundwater for generations to come! 💙

Glass of water on table in daylight. Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/glass-of-water-on-table-in-daylight-4946713/

*National Groundwater Awareness Week* is right around the corner! From March 8th to March 14th, 2026, we ask you to join us and our ally groundwater advocates in celebrating and learning about this vital California natural resource. Join the fight for clean water! cleanwater.org/campaign/cli...

"Enhanced Oil Recovery" (EIR) produces an average of 7 barrels of Produced wastewater for every 1 barrel of Oil. This produced water often contains radiated material and a medley of health harming chemicals.

So proud of our State Director Jennifer Clary (on the far left) and our ally and friend from Community Water Center, Uriel Saldivar on this panel, telling the story of water in California.

What does it mean to be drought-free? For CA, it means we don’t count overdrafted aquifers or households still dependent on hauled water after the last drought. #CAwater #CAdrought

Trump administration sues California over law keeping oil wells from homes, schools Senate Bill 1137 establishes a 3,200-foot minimum distance between new oil wells and homes, schools, hospitals, parks and other places where people live, work and gather.

Years of community advocacy by pollution impacted families led to the successful passing of SB 1137 the 3200ft setback, which protects schools and homes from neighboring oil wells. Now this Administrations seeks to end those efforts.
www.latimes.com/environment/...

As we reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We reflect on his words, " Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." thank you all who continue his legacy.

House majority introduces chemical industry-backed bill to weaken federal protections from toxic chemicals - Toxic-Free Future The House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a bill that would weaken the nation’s chemical safety law—the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

🚨 A new chemical industry-backed House bill would roll back key federal protections from toxic chemicals and weaken safeguards that protect our families. This bill is a chemical industry wish list disguised as “reform,” and it threatens our health, our environment, and our communities.

Hundreds of groups urge Congress not to weaken chemical safety law Hundreds of environmental and health groups are urging Congress not to weaken the nation’s premier chemical safety law as Republican lawmakers signal a willingness to reopen the Toxic Substances Contr...

Thank you to State Senator Ben Allen, Assemblymember Damon Connolly, and Assemblymember Tasha Boerner for also signing on to a similar letter from state leaders. We appreciate your leadership! www.thenewlede.org/2026/01/tsca...

East Bay Parks to restore tidal marshes with 77-acre addition of Hayward shoreline East Bay Regional Park District acquired 77-acres of Hayward shoreline on Tuesday for tidal marsh restoration after its previous use as industrial salt ponds.

With all the bad news in the world, here's some local good news!!

This is Daisy, one of Clean Water Action's support staff. She's been monitoring the rain and can report that our reservoirs are full. But she's asking us to STILL CONSERVE WATER. WE NEED TO SAVE IT FOR THE DRY PERIODS IN THE FUTURE.

Former EPA Official Judith Enck on How to Save Our Planet from Plastic | KQED “Plastic is everywhere” writes former EPA official Judith Enck, “wrapped around our food, stitched into our clothes, even coursing through our veins.” Enck says we need to drastically reduce our depen...

Our colleague, Judith Enck, wrote an amazing book about our plastic problem. She was recently featured on KQED in the Bay Area and you can listen here:

www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

It's almost midnight! Now's the time to invest in clean water for 2026! cleanwater.org/make-special...

Stop the Plastic Takeover of Palo Alto Parks: Tell the city that we want natural not plastic grass! We ALL want better parks and sports fields for our community but we (including athletes) believe plastic is not the answer and here's why: · Health & Safety Risks: Plastic grass increases the risk...

Live in Palo Alto? Please help us stop the installation of toxic plastic grass. Properly planted natural grass uses less water, cools playing fields, limits injuries, and is non-toxic.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?

Good news for our children and grandchildren.

250+ groups urge Congress to reject chemical lobby push to weaken TSCA - Toxic-Free Future Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical ...

Over 250 public health & enviro groups sent Congress a message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.

TAKE ACTION at the link in the comments: go.toxicfreefuture.org/tsca-sign-on...
#PolluterProtectionAct #TSCA #PFAS #phthalates

Donate to Clean Water Action Support efforts to ensure water that is fishable, swimmable and drinkable for all people in all communities.

At Clean Water Action we win! We protect drinking water, reduce toxic chemical use, prevent plastic pollution and fight for Environmental Justice. Your donation today will help us protect tomorrow. support.cleanwater.org/page/155114/...

All SF Firefighters Will Soon Have Equipment Free of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ | KQED The San Francisco Fire Department will be the largest crew in the country to phase out PFAS chemicals from its protective gear.

Good news for San Francisco firefighters and our environment.

Big Oil's good neighbor claims fall short as they continue to sneak in Hydrogen Plant projects in to low income communities of color and raising the risk of exposure to harmful chemicals. These communities are already over polluted.