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We hope you'll join us at the iconic Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant in Minneapolis for a fun, casual brunch event rooted in the celebration of the past and excitement for the future. Come mingle, eat d...

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · 28d

We are hoping to supply three more scholarship tickets to Brunch for Better for high school students interested in learning more about how they can protect our water.

Please consider sponsoring a student today (enter STUDENT SPONSORSHIP in the name section):

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Brunch for Better 2025

Clean Water Action Minnesota Applauds California’s Passage of SB 682 to Phase Out PFAS in Consumer Products

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Sep 18

Congrats @cleanh2oca.bsky.social!

We are excited to celebrate California and urge @governor.ca.gov to sign this life saving bill!

#pfas #water #cleanwater #foreverchemicals

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Clean Water Action Minnesota, home of Amara’s Law, congratulates the State of California and our partner office, Clean Water Action California, on the successful passage of Senate Bill 682. This legis...

We hope you'll join us at the iconic Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant in Minneapolis for a fun, casual brunch event rooted in the celebration of the past and excitement for the future. Come mingle, eat d...

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Sep 16

Brunch for Better is coming up quick. You can start bidding on silent auction items now!

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Auctria

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Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our statement on the mass shooting in Minneapolis. #minnesota #minneapolis #minneapolisstrong

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Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Brunch for Better 2025 is here! Get your tickets now!

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Brunch for Better 2025

Is Silicone Better Than Plastic?

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Aug 6

Save the date! Join us at our 3rd annual Brunch for Better on October 5, 2025 at 11:00 am. Details to come!

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Aug 6

We get asked about silicone versus plastics A LOT when we give Healthy Homes presentations.

Here's what you need to know: www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2025/7/...

Silicone is technically a type of plastic—and so, like all plastics, it is not completely free of environmental and health risks.

www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org

Public hearing – Select Committee on PFAS Contamination – 20 May 2025

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Jun 14

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Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Jun 11

Our State Director, Avonna Starck, joined Senator Seeberger to testify to the New South Wales, Australia, Parliament about Amara's Law.

Thank you to the Select Committee on PFAS Contamination in Waterways and Drinking Water Supplies Throughout New South Wales.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8xL...

YouTube video by NSWParliament

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I Live 400 Yards From Mark Zuckerberg’s Massive Data Center

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Jun 5

Senator Ann Rest and Representative @aishagomez.bsky.social - please hold data centers accountable.

"There are serious costs to communities once data centers are operational..."

#mnleg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjj...

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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No Tax Breaks for Data Centers! | Clean Water Action

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · May 28

We've been working w/partners to stop huge give aways to data centers & ultra-rich polluters. The #mnleg is considering hundreds of millions of $$ in tax breaks for data centers that hog & pollute water w/toxic chemicals. Tax cuts to polluters is wrong for MN!

act.cleanwater.org/page/172111/...

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Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · May 19

Our State Director, Avonna, and Senator Judy Seeberger are testifying before New South Wales, Australia, Parliament’s Select Committee on PFAS Contamination in Waterways and Drinking Water Supplies Throughout New South Wales shortly!

Join them at 7pm!

www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/pages/webcas...

Webcasts

www.parliament.nsw.gov.au

Official Statement | EPA Announces Plan to Delay and Weaken PFAS Drinking Water Protections

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · May 15

Clean Water Action in Minnesota helped deliver a win in May 2023, when @governorwalz.mn.gov signed the strongest PFAS reduction provisions in the country. Amara’s Law bans some products containing PFAS in 2025 and all non-essential uses of PFAS chemicals by 2032.

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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intention to reconsider the April 2024 health-based drinking water limits for four PFAS “forever” chemicals and to delay protections...

Ban Minnesota's Ban on Plastic Bag Bans!

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 25

It's not too late - tell your Minnesota legislators that you support reversing the bag preemption! #mnleg #cleanwater #water

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Ending the plastic bag preemption will protect Minnesota waters, keep thousands of toxic chemicals out of our environment, save taxpayer dollars, and restore local control and autonomy. Life in plasti...

Ban Minnesota's Ban on Plastic Bag Bans!

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 25

We’re here for the State and Local Government omnibus bill.
Thank you Senator Tou Xiong for including the plastic bag preemption reversal language in this bill.

It’s time to restore local control!

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 24

URGENT!

The Senate State and Local Government omnibus bill is on the floor of the Senate tomorrow.

Tell your legislators that you support repealing the preemption on plastic bags - restore local control!

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Ending the plastic bag preemption will protect Minnesota waters, keep thousands of toxic chemicals out of our environment, save taxpayer dollars, and restore local control and autonomy. Life in plasti...

Make a Special Gift to Protect Clean Water in Minnesota

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 21

Tomorrow is Earth Day. We have a lot of work to do to protect the water we drink.

Please join us by giving the gift of clean water.

#cleanwater #give #support #earthday #water

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Make a special gift to protect clean water in Minnesota today!

Book Discussion with Mariah Blake

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 15

Join us! Hear directly from @mariahblake.bsky.social as @deenawinter.bsky.social moderates. This will be an impactful morning.

Event page: cleanwater.org/events/book-...

Event registration: act.cleanwater.org/page/168502/...

Event FB invite: www.facebook.com/share/1He6TJ...

They Poisoned the World is a landmark investigation of the chemical industry's decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines ...

Protect MN From PFAS: Protect Amara's Law!

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Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 8

URGENT:

Exemptions are being proposed to Amara's Law today in the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee.

Tell your lawmaker that you support Amara's Law to and to oppose exemptions!

act.cleanwater.org/page/163640/...

Amara’s Law is Minnesota’s commonsense solution to the PFAS crisis, which is projected to cost taxpayers between $14 billion and $28 billion over the next 20 years. Unfortunately it is now at risk of ...

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Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 2

We are thrilled that @mariahblake.bsky.social is holding her first public event for her soon-to-be-released book They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals.

Join us for a powerful and though provoking discussion.

act.cleanwater.org/page/168502/...

Ban Minnesota's Ban on Plastic Bag Bans!

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Apr 1

HAPPENING NOW!

SF1598 (repealing the preemption on plastic bags in Minnesota) is being heard in the Senate State and Local Government Committee.

Tell your legislator now that you support SF1598!

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Ending the plastic bag preemption will protect Minnesota waters, keep thousands of toxic chemicals out of our environment, save taxpayer dollars, and restore local control and autonomy. Life in plasti...

Duluth EPA lab’s future uncertain under plan to cut research arm

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Mar 24

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating its scientific and research arm and up to 75% of its staff, leaving the future of the agency’s Duluth freshwater laboratory and its more than 100 employees uncertain."

www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/d...

At virtual meetings Tuesday, employees were told to focus on wrapping up current projects and to download personnel files from their work computers, two people who attended the meetings said.

www.duluthnewstribune.com

UK Consumers Demand Action on PFAS, Driving Market Shifts - Environment+Energy Leader

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Mar 24

"Consumers demonstrate strong willingness to adjust their purchasing decisions based on PFAS content in products. Nearly four in five respondents (79%) stated they would opt for PFAS-free alternatives, even if it meant paying a premium."

environmentenergyleader.com/stories/uk-c...

UK consumer concern over PFAS chemicals is rising, with strong support for stricter regulations. Businesses must adapt to meet shifting demands.

environmentenergyleader.com

Clean Water Action Minnesota @cleanwatermn.bsky.social · Mar 13

We are grateful for @pursell4mnhouse.bsky.social & all her work on the Public Waters Inventory last year.

Tomorrow, the House committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy is hearing a bill to gut this vital law.

Contact them today.

www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/m...

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Members for 2025-2026 Regular Session - Minnesota House of Representatives

www.house.leg.state.mn.us