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10/14/2026

🥡 Good news: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, is taking on single-use take-out trash! This means less plastic, more reuse, and stronger local businesses! 💚

Through our ReThink Disposable program, Clean Water Action + Clean Water Fund (Clean Water Action Massachusetts) partnered with local businesses to promote reusable take-out containers, encourage customers to bring their own cups and containers, and reduce unnecessary extras, like plastic forks, straws, and napkins.

🌎The results? A dozen restaurants signed on to waste-reducing policies, and five joined a reusable take-out container pilot program.

Shout out to our friends at JPZeroWaste and Recirclable, We've been recruiting local restaurants to adopt Zero Waste policies. With the support of a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection grant, we're building reuse systems in Jamaica Plain for take-out orders that are stopping trash before it starts!

Learn more: https://cleanwater.org/2026/10/02/good-news-jp-were-taking-take-out-trash

JP Centre South Main Streets

10/13/2026

Michigan needs a data center moratorium!

Clean Water Action has joined allies in asking our lawmakers to commit to standing with the people, not big tech, and to pledge their support for real data center legislation before the end of this year.

Take Action! Let your MI lawmakers know it’s time to take a stand and to take data center action, now.

https://act.cleanwater.org/page/192977/action/1?ea.tracking.id=social

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10/12/2026

Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the rich cultures, histories, resilience, and contributions of Indigenous peoples and Nations.

For generations, Indigenous communities have stewarded their lands and waters and led efforts to protect the natural world for generations to come. Yet Indigenous communities continue to face disproportionate impacts from pollution, extraction, and environmental injustice.

At Clean Water Action, we are committed to listening to, learning from, and standing alongside Indigenous leaders and communities in the fight for clean water, healthy communities, and a just environmental future.

Today and every day, we honor Indigenous leadership and the deep connections between people, land, water, and future generations.

10/09/2026

💧 Clean drinking water doesn't start at the tap.

It starts with the streams and wetlands that help filter pollution and keep our water clean.

But the EPA is considering changes that could strip federal Clean Water Act protections from most streams and almost all freshwater wetlands.

These waters are critical to our drinking water supply, and weakening their protections could leave more of them vulnerable to pollution and harmful development.

📢 **Today is the LAST DAY to speak up!** Tell the EPA to protect the waters our communities depend on.

Submit your public comment: www.cleanwater.org/epa-action-rollbacks

10/08/2026

💧 The Fall 2026 issue of Clean Water Currents is here!

From protecting drinking water to making a difference in key Congressional races, Clean Water Action is working across the country to protect our health, our water, and our communities.

In this issue:
🗳️ Making a difference to elect pro-environmental candidates in battleground districts across the country
💧 Fighting proposed changes that could sharply reduce the number of streams and wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act
🛑 Protecting drinking water from oil and gas wastewater pollution
🏆 Honoring people and programs leading the charge to remove lead from the nation's drinking water systems

Plus, read the latest updates from our state and regional teams on PFAS, Zero Waste, data centers, and more.

📰 Read Clean Water Currents | Fall 2026: https://cleanwater.org/publications/clean-water-currents-fall-2026

10/07/2026

🌱 Meet David France, Clean Water Action’s first-ever Zero Emission Intern!

A recent graduate of Bloomfield College of Montclair State University, David is bringing his creative skills and commitment to environmental justice to our Clean Water Action New Jersey team.

Working alongside Tolani Taylor and other Clean Water staff, David will support campaigns advocating for zero-emission solutions in New Jersey’s Goods Movement Industry, while using design and communication to help communities understand and engage with environmental issues.

Get to know David, how his environmental journey began, and what he’s learned so far at Clean Water Action. 💧

Read David’s story: https://cleanwater.org/2026/10/05/meet-our-2026-new-jersey-zero-emission-intern-david-france

10/06/2026

🏃 What if race day didn’t have to mean thousands of disposable cups in the trash?

This summer, Clean Water Action’s ReThink Disposable team went on the road, bringing reusable cups and a portable water refill station to races and events across Connecticut.

Our mission? Stop trash before it starts on race day, reimagine how these events operate, and get athletes and spectators to buy in.

Thanks to our collective efforts, we kept thousands of cups out of the trash this summer. 💧♻️

Read more: https://cleanwater.org/2026/10/05/winning-race-against-waste-ct

10/05/2026

💧 Clean water starts with protecting the streams and wetlands that feed our rivers, filter pollution, and support our drinking water.

EPA is considering weaker Clean Water Act protections. Tell them our water is worth protecting. Comment by Oct. 9: www.cleanwater.org/epa-action-rollbacks

10/02/2026

💧 Clean Water Act protections help keep pollution & harmful development out of our streams and wetlands. If more waters lose these protections, they could be left vulnerable.

📢 Tell the EPA to protect our water. Comment by Oct. 9: www.cleanwater.org/epa-action-rollbacks

10/01/2026

What happens when we rethink single-use plastic at the source? ♻️

For two years, Clean Water Action’s ReThink Disposable program worked with businesses, schools, and organizations across Minnesota to find practical ways to replace single-use items with reusable alternatives.

Together, participating organizations:
💰 Saved $13,747 in annual costs
🥤 Diverted 220,000 single-use plastic items from the waste stream
♻️ Kept 7,748 pounds of plastic out of landfills

These numbers tell part of the story. The bigger lesson? Reducing plastic at the source can work, and it can make financial sense, too.

Now, we’re taking what we learned in Minnesota and applying it to policy solutions that can bring source reduction to communities and industries on a much larger scale.

Read Morgan Schafer’s reflection on two years of rethinking single-use plastic in Minnesota: https://cleanwater.org/2026/09/29/two-years-rethinking-single-use-plastic-minnesota

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