Turning Tides
April 22, 2026
DOWNLOAD PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The United States stands at a pivotal moment in the history of clean water protection. More than fifty years after the Clean Water Act established the
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Toward a World Beyond Plastics
April 16, 2026
On Saturday, March 21, advocates, organizers and community leaders from across the northeast gathered in Philadelphia for the Beyond Plastics Regional Conference, under the theme, Radical Optimism for a World
A World Contaminated: On PFAS, PCBs and the Inheritance of Pollution
February 6, 2026
Over the last century, industrial capitalism has left behind man-made substances that endure in the environment, often with harmful impacts. Plastics, radioactive waste and industrial chemicals like PFAS and PCBs
UN Plastics Treaty Falters as World Struggles to Break Free from Plastic
September 25, 2025
From August 5–15, 2025, government delegates, scientists and civil society representatives reconvened in Geneva to resume the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), tasked with developing the world’s
CEE and Beyond Plastics Host Workshop on Plastics Pollution and Community-Based Response
March 25, 2025
“Plastic is not just a waste and oceans issue, a climate change issue, an environmental justice issue—it’s also a public health issue. And the only way to stop plastic pollution
Demanding Plastics Reform in Washington
June 14, 2024
I spent a few days in Washington, D.C. last week lobbying lawmakers alongside other members from the Break Free From Plastic Coalition, a coalition of some 200 organizations working on
INC-4: The Brink of the Plastics Problem
May 27, 2024
The fourth gathering of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), aimed at reaching a global treaty to combat the plastics crisis, concluded on April 29 in Ottawa. The week-long negotiations as a
Plastics: From Innovation to Catastrophe
April 26, 2024
DOWNLOAD PDF SUMMARY: The overabundance of plastics has contributed to global challenges, such as climate change, plastics pollution and a rise in health problems. It has also posed ethical concerns,
“Sacrifice Zones” Webinar Convenes Global Advocates Ahead of INC-4 Plastics Negotiations
April 26, 2024
WATCH WEBINAR “I have a relationship with the water, and I absolutely refuse to let them have it,” said Diane Wilson, fifth- generation shrimper, 2023 Goldman Prize winner and recent
Global Grassroots Dialogues Engage Communities to Restore Ecosystems
April 2, 2024
“Ecosystem restoration has become a critical plank in the efforts to halt biodiversity loss and confront the climate crisis,” says CEE Director of Strategic Initiatives Andrew Schwartz. “We’ve done so much