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On Coal Ash Waste and A Dedication to Polluters

April 18, 2012 | By Clean Water Action
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Coordinator

"Look what they've loaded it up," LaHood continued. "Keystone; Coal ash. None of it has anything to do with transportation." - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood

Coal ash is nasty. It's what's left over when we burn coal to produce electricity and it's
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Too Toxic Not To Regulate

April 5, 2012 | By Clean Water Action

A 2011 Coal Ash Spill on Lake Michigan

By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator Frustrated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) continued delay in issuing a final rule to protect the public and environment from toxic coal ash pollution, today a group of environmental
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A Tale of Two Washingtons

March 29, 2012 | By Clean Water Action

Can't we end the subsidies?

By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Shortly before the U.S. Senate failed to overturn Big Oil subsidies, President Obama spoke in the Rose Garden about the need to set our sights on a clean energy future and to stop handing billions of dollars a year to oil
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Getting Serious about Clean Air

March 27, 2012 | By Clean Water Action
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director

Closer to cleaning our air up

EPA's proposal for controlling industrial carbon pollution from new and modified power plants is a welcome step forward. The Administration is taking common sense steps to protect from climate change and air pollution and to
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Storm Water Success!

March 23, 2012 | By Clean Water Action
By Andy Fellows, Chesapeake Regional Director

Protecting the Bay

On Friday afternoon, the Maryland House of Delegates passed House Bill (HB) 987 on a 90-48 vote. This is a great step forward for the campaign to reduce pollution from storm water – the runoff from urban and suburban streets and
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The Kids are Alright

March 22, 2012 | By Clean Water Action

"Keep Our Water Safe"

By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director While the letters our members write to President Obama encouraging him to keep clean water progress moving are great, the pictures their children draw are even better. Water issues are big and complex, and World Water Day is a good
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