Senators Urging Against Clean Water Progress: Wrong on All Counts!

By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Yesterday's letter to the Environmental Protection Agency's Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe from over two dozen Republican Senators urges EPA to perpetuate the stalemate which is leaving drinking water sources without Clean Water Act protection. We hope this letter has the opposite effect, which is to remind the Administration that we can't face today's clean water challenges with this kind of vulnerability affecting so many of our precious water resources. The science is behind this. Despite this letter's claims, the intent of the Clean Water Act is behind this. And if that's not enough, consider this:

• The water bodies left vulnerable to pollution and destruction serve the drinking water sources for over 117 million people in the United States.
• Just last month, EPA released a report on the condition of our nation's rivers and streams which found that 55% of them are unhealthy for aquatic life.

We're urging people to let the President know they care about progress, not stalemate.  Take action today!