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Clean Water Action Announces Environmental Champions to be Honored Next Week
Clean Water Action will honor a number of Rhode Islanders at our 18th Annual Breakfast of Champions (from home), next Friday, May 8th at 9:30am.
Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Gutting of Clean Water Protections in Federal Court
“The administration’s new rule completely undermines the core purpose of the Clean Water Act, which is to restore and maintain the integrity of our nation’s waters. It will put the health of communities throughout the country at risk,” said Jennifer Peters, national water programs director at Clean Water Action. “Even kids understand we all live downstream and that small streams and wetlands are vital to overall health of our drinking water sources. Instead of acting like drinking water matters, EPA is prioritizing polluter profits with this illegal and unscientific rule and standing its mission to protect human health and the environment on its head.”
Clean Water Advocates Applaud Immediate Statewide Moratorium on Water Shutoffs to Protect Californians
SACRAMENTO, CA - Clean Water Action, Community Water Center, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, NextGen California, and Natural Resources Defense Council released the following statement today in response to the Governor’s Executive Order N-42-20:
“Gov. Newsom’s Executive Order N-42-20 recognizes that access to safe, clean
COVID-19 pandemic threatens water shutoffs, poses bottled water scarcity for vulnerable Californians
“We applaud those utilities who have not only placed a moratorium on shutoffs during the pandemic, but which are turning the water back on for those whose water service was turned off prior to this crisis,” said Jennifer Clary, Water Program Manager at Clean Water Action. “Those who were struggling before this emergency hit need help even more now. We urge the governor to ensure that all residential water providers follow this example.”
Clean Water Action Says BLM Director William Perry Pendley is the Last Person Who Should be in Charge of Our Nation’s Public Lands
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that he is extending William Perry Pendley’s tenure as Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
Michael Kelly, Director of Communications for Clean Water Action, released the following statement in response:
“William Perry Pendley is the last person who should lead an agency that is responsible for public lands. President Trump knows this, and that is why he has never formally nominated to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): the Senate would reject him.
“Pendley is an ardent supporter of selling off