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💧 How we talk about water matters.

We put together a visual guide with reminders for communicating across divides, grounded in research and informed by real-world conversations.

From word choice to framing, these tips can help your messages land. (1/2)
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🎭 In Newark, the Passaic River became a stage. Community organizer Cynthia Mellon wrote Flow(ish), a play that tells the river’s story through its people, its history, and the long fight to bring it back to health.

📰 Anna Mattson in @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...
The Passaic River Stars in a Short Drama About Its Life as a Superfund Site - Inside Climate News
In New Jersey, first-time playwright Cynthia Mellon spotlights the decades-long fight to clean one of the nation’s most polluted rivers.
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“Once-in-a-lifetime” storms keep hitting the South. From Katrina to Helene, flooding has become a constant reality as climate change fuels extreme rain.

On 10/16, join our media briefing with experts from LA, TX, and NC on preparedness and recovery.

Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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ICYMI: A new study from @nolawater.bsky.social tested tap water in 7 Louisiana parishes. #PFAS were found in 105 of 107 homes, along with lead, arsenic & salt. The study also showed disparities in Black & lower-income households.

Via News From The States: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fore...
‘Forever chemicals’ found in nearly all Southeast Louisiana drinking water samples
A new report is sounding the alarm over the presence of harmful chemicals and heavy metals in Southeast Louisiana’s drinking water.
www.newsfromthestates.com
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Angel recently coauthored a bilingual guide on how nature-based solutions can shape California’s agricultural future, alongside the Allensworth Progressive Association and the Statewide Support Entity for the Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program.

Read it here: www.ucs.org/resources/wo...
Working with Nature to Protect California's Agricultural Regions:
California’s agricultural regions face many interconnected challenges. Implementing nature-based solutions will address climate and water issues, provide public health, environmental and community ben...
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🌊 For #HispanicHeritageMonth, we're celebrating #ColorOfWater member Dr. Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou of @ucs.org! As a Senior Climate Scientist, he advances #NatureBasedSolutions with communities, farmers, and agencies to protect California’s farmland and environment. 🧵
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More than a year after Tropical Storm Helene, Asheville is starting debris removal at the North Fork watershed. Clearing the storm damage will protect drinking water, reduce wildfire risk, and keep their water system strong.

Rian Stockett for @wlos-13.bsky.social: wlos.com/news/local/c...
City of Asheville tackles storm debris to protect water system and prevent wildfire risks
The City of Asheville is getting ready to begin debris removal operations at the North Fork Watershed.
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Dinner scraps to save the coast! 🌊

Restaurants in California's Orange County are donating oyster shells to rebuild oyster beds, protect shorelines, and clean the water.

Hear more in Jill Replogle’s story for @npr.org : www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
In California, dinner scraps are being recycled to protect the coastline
A restaurant recycling program in Southern California is helping divert food waste from landfills while restoring oyster beds along the shoreline.
www.npr.org
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California passed a bill that would make data centers disclose their water use. 💧

With AI driving a boom in an already dry region, the bill aims to help communities protect water supplies. It now awaits Gov. Newsom’s signature.

@ianjames.bsky.social in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Amid a data center boom, California lawmakers pass a bill to track water use
The AI-driven data center boom is adding strain on the West’s water. New legislation in California would require data centers to report how much water they use.
www.latimes.com
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A new settlement in PA could set the standard for stopping plastic pellet (“nurdle”) pollution. Styropek must pay $2.6M and install tech that fines them if even 1 nurdle is found. A big win for rivers, communities, and the environment.

@jbwinters.bsky.social in @grist.org: grist.org/solutions/pl...
This Pennsylvania settlement could set the standard for preventing tiny plastic pellet pollution
A company agreed to install technology to watch for "nurdles," tiny plastic pellets used to make all manner of goods.
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Learn more about Charming’s work and story:

🎧 Podcast: www.xrlosangeles.org/xrnow/177
🌐 Grist profile: grist.org/fix/grist-50...
📖 Color of Water directory: colorofwater.waterhub.org/experts/char...
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Join us in celebrating Charming Evelyn, Director of Outreach at OceanWell and Co-chair of the Water Committee for @sierraclubca.bsky.social, on being named to the #Grist50!

As part of our #ColorOfWater network, her work lifts up water as a human right and challenges inequities families face.
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Water bills in LA County rose nearly 60% in 10 years, outpacing inflation & putting pressure on low-income households. A new UCLA report shows that small systems also face repeated contamination, leaving many without safe water.

@ianjames.bsky.social in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Water bills in L.A. County are rising faster than inflation, UCLA research shows
UCLA researchers found that in Los Angeles County, average household water bills climbed 60% from 2015 to 2025, rising faster than inflation.
www.latimes.com
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Black communities in the South say Trump’s cuts to sewage, flooding & pollution projects leave them feeling "left behind again.” More than 20 efforts in Alabama, Virginia & Louisiana have been canceled.

Anumita Kaur & Emmanuel Felton for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Black communities, shaken by Trump cuts, feel ‘left behind again’
The Trump administration has canceled nearly two dozen projects, according to a Post analysis, undermining efforts on pollution, sewage leaks and flooding.
www.washingtonpost.com