We All Live Downstream: A Clean Water Action Podcast

Give the gift of Clean Water this holiday season! Your support matters. Listen to a very special #WeAllLiveDownstream podcast featuring two incredible supporters of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund: Marilyn Allan and Ali Dysard of Mom's Organic Market. They talk about the issues they are passionate about and why it's important to support Clean Water now and for the future. www.cleanwater.org/donate 

In today’s episode we chat with Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes and Ean Thomas Tafoya two incredible environmental activists with Green Latinos, a national non-profit which convenes a broad coalition of #Latino leaders committed to addressing national, regional and local #environmental, natural resources and #conservation issues that significantly affect the health and welfare of the U.S. #Latinx community. cleanwater.org/podcast #WeAllLiveDownstream

In today's episode, we discuss the impacts big agriculture has on our water, health, environment and communities - and what we can do to support more sustainable practices, enact stronger clean water policies, and hold the industry accountable. We’re covering the country from the East Coast to the West Coast with three special guests: Emily Ranson, Clean Water Action’s State Director in Maryland; Steve Schultz, Clean Water Action’s Water Program Coordinator in Minnesota; and Ngodoo Atume, Clean Water Action’s Water Policy Analyst in California.

This year’s pandemic and climate-related crises illuminated the gaps in our nation’s public health system, environmental justice issues, and the racism that persists in our structures and systems. All of these issues are intertwined. In today’s podcast, we chat with Nse Witherspoon, the Executive Director for the Children’s Environmental Health Network, about how we can create real systemic changes for a healthier, safer future for our children.

In today’s episode, we talk about the toxic legacy of lead and about lead in drinking water in America – and what we can do to protect our communities from harm. You’ll hear from drinking water and public health advocates Lindsay McCormick, Program Manager for Environmental Defense Fund’s Health Program, and Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director for Clean Water Action, who discuss innovative approaches to replacing lead service lines across the country. www.cleanwater.org/podcast #WeAllLiveDownstream  

When we buy products we expect them to be safe, but toxic chemicals are hiding in everyday products and packaging all around us from cleaning products and food packaging to baby toys and electronics. In today’s episode we chat with Mike Schade, Campaign Director of Mind the Store, and Cindy Luppi, New England Director at Clean Water Action about the most common toxic chemicals that could be harming our health and how we can work with retailers and our government to reduce exposure and harm.

We have a very special podcast today! Michael Kelly, Clean Water Action's Communications Director, chats with Lynn Thorp, Clean Water Action's National Campaigns Director, about Clean Water Actions key priorities and campaigns in 2021, the Biden’s Administration’s new executive orders on water, climate, and environmental justice, and critical bills moving through Congress with focus on transformative legislation - the For the People Act.

In this episode, we chat with Elizabeth Saunders, MA State Director for Clean Water Action and Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, and Kathryn Rodgers, a scientist at Silent Spring Institute, about their recent success in passing legislation to restrict the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in consumer products in Massachusetts. You'll learn what these chemicals are, why they are used, where they are found, and how you can best protect your family from harm.

Today we chat with drinking water, environmental justice and social justice advocate Maureo Fernández y Mora, Associate State Director for Clean Water Action in Massachusetts. We discuss the health harms of lead exposure, how this affects impacted communities, and what actions we can take to protect our families and health from toxic lead exposure at the tap. www.cleanwater.org 

Welcome to our Elections 2020 Podcast Takeover: Part II! Clean Water Action just celebrated a huge and historic win when voters decided Joe Biden will be the next U.S. President. Voters turned out in unprecedented numbers and we helped elect Clean Water champions on the federal, state and local level. Now we are preparing for a new Biden Administration. Listen to our team of Clean Water experts discuss exactly what happened, how Clean Water voters made a difference, and how we can fight disinformation and help shape a stronger democracy for our future. Featuring Clean Water Action's Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO; Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director; Mary Brady-Enerson, Michigan State Director; Myron Arnowitt, Pennsylvania State Director; and guest host Michael Kelly, Communications Director.

Elections got you worried? No need to stress - we'll help you get through the chaos! Welcome to our ELECTIONS 2020 PODCAST TAKEOVER with Clean Water Action's national team of experts: host Michael Kelly - National Communications Director, Bob Wendelgass - President & CEO, Lynn Thorp - National Campaigns Director and Mary Brady-Enerson - Michigan Director. With the Election less than a week away, we thought we'd sift through the noise to bring you more meaningful conversations and provide you with the valuable information you need to be an empowered #CleanWaterVoter. We'll discuss high early voting counts and what it means, how we are getting out the vote in swing states, how mail-in ballots will impact the Election, what could happen if Trump claims mail-in ballots are illegitimate, how we can make EVERY VOTE COUNT, and how you can take action and get involved.

In today's episode, we chat with Kim Gaddy, Clean Water Action's Environmental Justice Organizer, about the new landmark Environmental Justice law in New Jersey. Kim tells us about her many years of activism and what motivates her as an organizer for change in her home town of Newark and across the nation to ensure environmental justice and clean water for all. For more information on her work, visit: www.cleanwater.org/campaign/environmental-justice-equity