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A New Way to Celebrate National Teflon Day

April 5, 2024 | By Andria Ventura

Did you know that April 6th is National Teflon Day? That’s right, it’s a day to celebrate a product that is severely toxic to humans and has helped contaminate the planet! But the industry wants you to think that is a good thing. Clean Water Action is celebrating National Teflon Day a different way in California.

2024 Groundwater Awareness Week: Celebrating Our Great Hidden Resource

March 15, 2024 | By Jennifer Clary

Groundwater is a huge part of California's climate adaptation plan, as hotter and more extreme weather will make our surface water supplies less reliable. Over the past two decades, a period that experts now consider a mega-drought, groundwater users pumped record amounts of groundwater, resulting in thousands of dry wells and severe land subsidence in areas of the state.

Hot Creek flows through the Long Valley Caldera in a volcanically active region of east-central California.

Image of two guests at a concert at August Hall in SF. Photo by ReThink Disposable.

ReThink Disposable joins the music business

March 14, 2024 | By Grace Lee

Teaming up with reusable cup providers, r.World and TURN, along with the San Francisco Environment Department, we've achieved a remarkable feat eliminating disposable cups at historic Bay Area music venues.

The Battle Not Yet Won

February 29, 2024 | By Jesus Alonso

For almost ten years California communities have fought for regulations to protect their families from oil production. The safety of our health and that of our children should be a given, but the truth is, for many that is far from the reality they live in.