Our response to the East Palestine train disaster
A brief update on our work for rail safety improvements and a reduction in our nation's use of hazardous chemicals in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio.
Clean water
If we want a greener, healthier world we need to protect our rivers, lakes and streams.
Clean water is vital to ecosystems, to our health, and our quality of life. But too many of our rivers, lakes and streams are vulnerable to pollution. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to protect our waters.
The Latest on Clean water
50 years of the Clean Water Act: a work in progress
48,000 signers urge Columbia Sportswear to live up to its sustainability values by banning toxic PFAS
Updates
Judge in North Dakota halts clean water protections in 24 states
Groups challenge EPA’s failure to curb water pollution from plastic plants, oil refineries and other industries
Which bills are advancing in the California Legislature?
Featured Resources
Safe for Swimming?
Lead in schools’ water
Get the Lead Out
Explainer: What are toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals,’ and how do they affect our health?
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Celebrating 50 years of the Clean Water Act
Fifty years after the Clean Water Act's passage, we can reflect on the progress the legislation has helped usher in.
Report: 9 billion gallons of sewage, stormwater overflowing into Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers
Heavier rainfall, aging infrastructure are creating more problems for the rivers
Bedrock environmental law safe for now
Efforts in the U.S. Senate to undermine crucial environmental protections have been laid to rest for now.
Report highlights challenges facing clean water in America
Why are so many of America's waterways still polluted 50 years after the passage of the Clean Water Act?
