The end of the regular session of the Florida Legislature closed on March 9th. Clean Water Action had several victories in defeating legislation and worked to amend other legislation that would have had a negative impact on water quality. In 2011, Clean Water Action with input from our members and in cooperation with our allies, set out a state legislative agenda asking elected officials to include public health, clean and safe water, and clean energy in the top tier of their 2012 Legislative priorities.

industry boosterism

Recently Colorado's Governor Hickenlooper recorded a radio ad that claimed "we have not had one instance of groundwater contamination associated with drilling and hydraulic fracturing" since 2008. A simple public records search shows this to be untrue - there have been dozens of spills that have contaminated groundwater since 2008.  In Weld County alone, 44% of the 615 spills since 2008 have contaminated groundwater supplies.

On February 27, 2012 Clean Water Action and 12 of our partners delivered a letter to Gov. Hickenlooper expressing dismay over this claim in an ad sponsored by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, the industry's main trade group.  Read the letter below and download a letter to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, asking them to address the inaccuracies in the ad.

In March 2010, Clean Water Fund released Everglades for All.

Over 1,500 Florida residents participated in our survey which was intended to get a pulse on how the public and diverse constituency groups feel about ongoing outreach and historic Everglades restoration efforts.

This survey revealed new opportunities for relationship building and will hopefully increase public input on key decisions in Everglades restoration.

October 30, 2009

The Honorable Barbara Boxer, Chair
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
410 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

RE: Require Efficiency Investment of at least 1/3 of Allowance Value Given to Electric Utilities

Dear Chairwoman Boxer: