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Hands Across the Sand: Say No To Oil Drilling And Yes To A Clean Energy Economy

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Hands Across The Sand: Move America Beyond Oil

Find an event in Florida, New Jersey, or where you live.

It's clear from the disaster in the Gulf that oil is risky, dirty, and dangerous.

Join Clean Water Action members and supporters in Florida on Saturday, June 26th for a national day of action to help clean up America's energy and to call on President Obama to move us off oil.

Find a Hand Across the Sand event in Florida, New Jersey, or in other parts of the U.S. or around the world.

For local organizing or attendance information in Florida, please contact Kathy Aterno.

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Alliance to Dump the Delaware Deepening

Clean Water Action and allies have created the Alliance to Dump the Delaware Deepening, and sent the following comments to the Army Corps of Engineers in opposition to the proposal to deepen the main channel of the Delaware River.

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East Coast States Lead The Way On Global Warming

For too long, American power plants have been freely polluting our atmosphere with climate-changing carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. This is about to change. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a coalition of 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states who are working together to put a price on pollution.

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Defending the Delaware River from Unnecessary Dredging

Pennsylvania politicians are pushing Delaware officials to approve their plan for dredging and blasting the Delaware River, deepening the channel to 45 feet from its mouth to the port of Philadelphia. Environmental advocates and concerned citizens stand united in opposition to the plan, which has not yet been approved by Delaware or New Jersey officials.

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