Clean water is always a top concern, but action often comes only after crisis hits.

Support that work year-round: Become a monthly donor ($36.50) and help protect our water every day.

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Grassroots change starts with conversations. Join Clean Water Action to protect water and build a healthier future. 💧 www.CleanWater.org #CanvassFeatureFriday https://youtube.com/shorts/QEaZFAfiE-g?feature=share

🚨 Pennsylvania! Join us for a Lobby Day for Clean Water 🚨

📢 We’re showing up to demand stronger protections + hold decision-makers accountable. Make your voice heard and join the movement. RSVP here:
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Clean Water Currents | Spring 2026 In This Issue: Looking Forward - A Message from Lynn Thorp, Clean Water Action President | Mobilizing Against the Polluted Water Rule | Clean Water Victory in Colorado | Protecting Our Communities from Toxic Chemicals | National Parks Reuse Project | 2025 Year in Review | State Updates

💧 New: Clean Water Currents – Spring 2026

We’re pushing back against rollbacks to clean water protections, fighting PFAS pollution, and advancing solutions nationwide. Read more 👇
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#CleanWater #PFAS #EarthMonth

Earth Month began with people power—and it still depends on it. 🌎 Protect clean air & water now. 💧 Read more: cleanwater.org/2026/04/01/earth-month-o... #EarthMonth #CleanWater #PeoplePower

PFAS = "forever chemicals" in our water, bodies, and future. Corporations lobby to weaken protections for profit while communities suffer. Clean water isn't negotiable. cleanwater.org/2026/04/03/lobbying-pfas... #PFAS #CleanWater #PolluterPays #EnvironmentalJustice

Grassroots change starts with conversations. Clean Water Action canvassers talk with thousands of people each year about protecting clean water and building a healthier future. 💧 Support the work: CleanWater.org

Lynn Thorp reflects on defending and strengthening the Clean Water Act’s water pollution programs with an emphasis on protecting sources of drinking water.

Read more: cleanwater.org/2026/04/07/leading-organ...

Clean Water Action joined partners at LCV’s Capital Dinner. Lynn Thorp and Connie St. John heard leaders like Abigail Spanberger and Chuck Schumer speak on protecting our environment and our future. 💧

National Teflon Day (April 6)… but the best way to celebrate? Avoid Teflon.

PTFE = a PFAS “forever chemical” linked to cancer, immune harm & more.
⚠️ “PFOA-free” ≠ PFAS-free

Choose safer cookware:
🍳 Stainless steel
🔥 Cast iron
🥣 Glass
✨ Ceramic non-stick

Close-up of a person wearing a black shirt with a globe graphic and the message 'Protect Clean Water' promoting Clean Water Action.

This Earth Month, celebrate our campaigns to #ProtectCleanWater! 🌎💧

👕 Clean Water Action apparel now available (adult, youth & toddler!)

🛍️ Every purchase supports clean water advocacy

Shop now: shopcleanwater.org

#EarthMonth #CleanWater #ProtectCleanWater

Earth Month Origins: The Movement That Changed Our Water Forever Each April, Earth Month builds on the legacy of Earth Day, first held on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million Americans gathered in response to growing concerns about widespread environmental damage and limited laws in place to protect clean air, clean water, public health and pollution.

It’s Earth Month 🌍 How will you help protect our planet? Clean Water Action’s Communications Director LaTrice Harrison shares her journey and how you can take action to #ProtectCleanWater💧

cleanwater.org/2026/04/01/earth-month-o...

Close-up of a child's hand touching water, highlighting concerns about plastic pollution and health risks from phthalates.

This Earth Month: plastic pollution harms health. Fight back with zero waste + #RethinkDisposable. 💧 Donate: www.cleanwater.org/give
🌎 Learn more: www.cnn.com/2026/03/31/health/phthalates-infant-death-prematurity-wellness

401gives continues - visit 401gives.org

We're halfway to our fundraising goal. Thank you!
The money we raise supports our work building reuse systems and fighting plastic pollution.
Who will put us over the top this year?
(And who else has totally donated to some rad RI animal shelters today, too?) 🐾
➡️ www.401gives.org/organization...

Person wearing a black t-shirt with a blue whale design and text promoting ocean action inside a rustic brick-walled room.

Happy #401Gives! 🥳 Calling all Rhode Islanders! Join RI's biggest day of giving and support your favorite local nonprofits, including Clean Water Fund, today.💧

Donate 👉 www.401gives.org/organizations/clean-water-fund-ri

Person wearing a black t-shirt with a globe and 'Protect Clean Water' text promoting Earth Month apparel from Clean Water Action.

Earth Month starts in a few days 🌎💧 Show your pride with Clean Water apparel all month long!

👕 Clean Water Action apparel now available (adult, youth & toddler!)
🛍️ Every purchase supports clean water advocacy

Shop now: shopcleanwater.org

#EarthMonth #CleanWater #WaterIsLife

Person holding an American flag and a colorful sign reading 'Kings Queens Fabulous' during a No Kings Day event on 3-28-26.

Clean Water Action stands with No Kings Day.

People power matters. Accountability matters. Protecting our water and our communities matters.
www.nokings.org

#NoKingsDay #CleanWaterAction #ProtectOurWater

No Kings Day rally graphic

No Kings Day - Saturday, March 28th!

Clean Water Action stands with No Kings Day. People power matters. Accountability matters. Protecting our water and our communities matters.

Join an event near you and take action. https://www.nokings.org/

#NoKingsDay #CleanWaterAction #ProtectOurWater

A preventable disaster:

🚨 Aging pipes + “flushable” wipes = massive sewage spill into the Potomac
🚫 Hundreds of millions of gallons of waste polluted our waterways

Read:
cleanwater.org/2026/03/24/pipes-wipes-a...

🚨 The U.S. Senate could vote on the SAVE Act THIS WEEK. This bill could block millions from registering to vote by requiring documents many people don’t have. We can’t wait.
👉 Take action now: act.cleanwater.org/page/167047/action/1
#ProtectVotingRights #ActNow

National Parks Reuse Project Clean Water Fund’s ReThink Disposable program is partnering with three diverse National Parks to dramatically eliminate single-use disposables! Read more about our work with Mammoth Cave, Petrified Forest, and Jamaica Bay National Parks.

Our national parks deserve better than plastic waste.

ReThink Disposable is bringing reuse systems to parks, cutting millions of single-use items before they ever become pollution. ♻️

https://cleanwater.org/national-parks-reuse-project

Where water flows, equality grows.

Women & girls bear the greatest burden of the water crisis but they should be leading the solutions. This World Water Day 2026, take action for water justice.

cleanwater.org/2026/03/18/where-water-f...

#WorldWaterDay

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

💧 This Sunday is World Water Day 💧

Since 1993, this day has been a global call to protect clean, safe water for all.

This year’s theme, Water & Gender, highlights how women lead the fight to protect water and their communities.

Support the work: www.cleanwater.org/donate

March 2026 Legislative Update from Minnesota Here's a mid-March update on our progress in the Minnesota legislative session so far!

Minnesota’s legislative session is heating up! Clean Water Action is fighting for #PFAS protections, tackling plastic pollution, e-waste, and more. People power drives change. Take action & support us 👇 cleanwater.org/2026/03/18/march-2026-le...

Good news from RI ♻️ New waste sorting stations at Ferri Middle School help students recycle + compost daily. Small changes = less plastic waste. Learn more: cleanwater.org

Clean Water Action Then and Now: A Journey from Drinking Water Coordinator to President Every March, Women’s History Month invites us to reflect on the extraordinary impact women have had on our communities, our country, and our world. From groundbreaking leaders and scientists to grassroots organizers and caregivers, women have shaped history through courage, resilience, and vision.

This Women’s History Month we’re spotlighting Lynn Thorp, the first woman to lead Clean Water Action in its 50+ year history.

cleanwater.org/2026/03/11/clean-water-a...

An unusually warm winter is creating a “snow drought” across the West. When snowpack melts earlier, rivers dry sooner, water supplies shrink. That’s why groundwater matters. 80% of Californians rely on it for some or all of their water.

cleanwater.org/2026/03/11/why-groundwat...

Celebrate Women's History Month! Women Making History in New Jersey During Women's History Month, we’re celebrating the historic leadership of women in New Jersey politics, including new Governor Mikie Sherrill, and the women at Clean Water Action working every day to advance environmental justice. With a new legislative session underway, we’re calling on state leaders to tackle diesel pollution from ports and warehouses by advancing the Warehouse & Port Pollution Bill and investing in clean truck solutions.

During #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating the women shaping the future of NJ, from Gov. Mikie Sherrill to the advocates fighting for clean air & environmental justice with CWA.

cleanwater.org/2026/03/09/celebrate-wom...

Expansive PFAS protections take effect in 2026, as states lead on chemical safety - Safer States New analysis shows states are using PFAS and bisphenols as a model for class-based chemical bans, as chemical industry moves to weaken federal chemical safeguards At least 33 states will likely consider more than 275 policies addressing toxic chemicals and plastics this year PORTLAND, OR⸺Today, Safer States released its 2026 Analysis of State Policy Addressing […]

This year, at least 33 states are stepping up to address #PFAS, plastics, and other toxic chemicals. #StatesInTheLead

Read more here: www.saferstates.org/press-room/expansive-pfa...

Carcinogens & lead were found in 100% of braiding hair products tested. For women of color, this is an environmental justice issue.
Study: consumerreports.org/health/wigs-hair-extensions/braiding-hair-heavy-metals-vocs-follow-up-test-a9549045438/
Learn more: cleanwater.org/tea-toxic-beauty