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Recycle in Philadelphia and Get Rewarded

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Sign up now and get 25 bonus points!

Do you live in Philadelphia? Do you recycle? Are you getting reward points?

You can start earning reward points every time you put your recycling out curbside. Redeem these points online and use them to save at over 200 local businesses.

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2010 Pennsylvania Election Endorsements

Turning Out the Environmental Vote in 2010

vote pin with stars and stripesClean Water Action builds grassroots strength in key states and communities to change politics and environmental policy in states, local communities and Washington, DC. We run muscular and effective grassroots campaigns to defeat anti-environment candidates, and support candidates who are committed to protecting our waters, our health, and our future. Our political program is non partisan.

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Citizens Discuss Their Role In The Fight Against Natural Gas Drilling

Four Pennsylvania citizens discuss their knowledge of natural gas drilling, stake in the issue and motivation to protect Pennsylvania from the dangers of natural gas drilling.

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  • global warming
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You're Invited to a Screening of Split Estate in Wayne, PA

You're invited to a special film screening and discussion in your neighborhood about natural gas drilling. Split Estate shows the devastating health and environmental effects of natural gas drilling on communities across the Southwestern United States. The same "hydrofracking" technology that has damaged communities in Colorado and elsewhere is already being used in Pennsylvania to extract gas from the expansive Marcellus Shale formation.

Join the movement to make sure drilling for natural gas does not contaminate Pennsylvania's land and water.

  • What: Split Estate
  • When: Wednesday, July 21,2010 at 6:30 p.m.
  • Where: Central Baptist Church

    106 West Lancaster Avenue

    Wayne, PA 19087

Learn more about the film at www.splitestate.com Call 215-545-0250 or e-mail Erin Decou to RSVP.

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Focus on: Diesel

Diesel Pollution Makes Us Sick

Diesel truck with black smokeDiesel engines emit a mixture of particles, metals and gasses including over 40 "hazardous air pollutants" as classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act. Diesel pollution can trigger asthma and cause lung cancer, stroke, and heart attack, contributing to 21,000 early deaths a year. Nationally, diesel exhaust poses a cancer risk that is 7 times greater than the combined risk of all air toxics assessed by EPA. Diesel exhaust is particularly dangerous because it is emitted at ground level - just where people breathe it in1 .

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  • Rhode Island Diesel Pollution Initiative: Protecting Clean Air in the Ocean State
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14th Annual Clean Water Fund Auction and Party

Friday, October 1, 2010
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Boathouse Row, Philadelphia PAEach year, 120 or more supporters, friends and leaders in the work of the Clean Water Fund in Southeast Pennsylvania gather along Philadelphia's historic boathouse row, in a beautiful setting that overlooks the Schuylkill River.

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Gasland Screening

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When: July 15, 2010; doors at 7 p.m.; film at 7:30 p.m. Q & A after the film

Where: Whitaker Lab, Lehigh University (Corner of Asa Drive and Webster Street), Bethlehem, PA 18015

Reserve your tickets in advance. $10 per person. Payment will be accepted at the door.

You're invited to a special screening of the Sundance-award winning documentary Gasland, followed by a Q & A session with director Josh Fox. Gasland depicts Fox's investigation into the brutal environmental and health effects of natural gas drilling on communities across the United States.

Along the way "he learns that all water is connected and perhaps some things are more valuable than money." – Joanna Lara, Sundance Film Festival

Join the conversation and work towards stopping the gas drilling crisis in Pennsylvania.

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You're invited: Film and Discussion in Mt. Airy on Natural Gas Drilling

You're invited to a special film screening and discussion in your neighborhood about natural gas drilling. Split Estate shows the devastating health and environmental effects of natural gas drilling on communities across the Southwestern United States.  The same "hydrofracking" technology that has damaged communities in Colorado and elsewhere is already being used in Pennsylvania to extract gas from the expansive Marcellus Shale formation.

Join the movement to make sure drilling for natural gas does not contaminate Pennsylvania's land and water.

  • What: Split Estate
  • When: July 7, 2010, Doors at 6:30 p.m. Film starts promptly at 7:00 p.m.
  • Where: Private Residence (contact Erin DeCou for exact address)

    Philadelphia, PA 19119

Learn more about the film at www.splitestate.com Call 215-545-0250 or e-mail Erin Decou to RSVP.

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

Hands across the sand June 2010 banner
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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  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
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Sundance Award Winning Natural Gas Drilling Documentary Coming To Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania Tour of Gasland

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Join us for a free screening on Saturday, June 5th in Pittsburgh.

Clean Water Action is helping organize screenings of Josh Fox's Sundance Award Winning documentary Gasland. This event will help raise awareness about the negative impact of natural gas drilling on public health and the environment.

Gasland tells the story of the effects of the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe?

When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies, and contamination.

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