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Why you should oppose the Keystone XL pipeline...
New Hampshire Clean Water supporter, energy/climate advocate and local sustainability leader, Marjorie Rogalski, recently wrote this open letter to her U.S. Senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte. A condensed version was later published in the Valley News, her local newspaper. Here's what she had to say -- a clear and compelling case for building a clean energy future. Why you should oppose the Keystone XL pipeline: 1. It will not create a significant number of lasting construction jobs. The jobs will be short lived and very few permanent jobs will result if construction is completed.
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Reflections from an Earth Day Water Warrior
By Amanda Sebert Join Me to #ProtectCleanWater! As you know, for more than a decade, Clean Water Action, our members, and allies across the country have been fighting to restore protection to the small streams and wetlands that feed the drinking water for 1 in 3 of us. You can learn more here. Why have we been fighting for so long? Because any threat to someone’s source of clean water is a threat to their life. You may have heard that the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent proposal to #ProtectCleanWater is a massive expansion. I can’t stress enough how untrue that is. EPA’s proposal
My Clean Water Story
By Tim McDaniel, National Program Intern - Follow Tim on Twitter ( @TimMcDaniel365) This is my first time writing a post for We All Live Downstream, so of course I had to do my research. Most of the posts that I had read for my organization were about some major catastrophe or a campaign that we worked on. I decided to I wanted to talk about something a little different. I want to spend a moment and tell you about how I became enthralled in the work that we do here at Clean Water Action. As a grassroots environmental organization, it is important for us to emphasize that the work we do is for
The One Simple Thing You Can Do To #ProtectCleanWater – Tweet!
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director - follow Michael on Twitter ( @MichaelEdKelly) The campaign to #ProtectCleanWater is in full swing and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to hear from us. You can let EPA know that you support its proposal to restore protections to the small streams and wetlands that feed the drinking water for 1 in 3 Americans on Twitter tomorrow. EPA ( @EPAWater) is hosting a Twitter chat tomorrow from 1pm – 2pm est. You can follow along by searching for the hashtag #USWaters. Then you can ask a question or retweet @CleanH2OAction’s questions and
Why I want to #ProtectCleanWater - My Childhood Creek
For much of my childhood, in Waco Texas, I grew up with a creek behind my house. That creek is the center of many of my memories and is one of many Texas creeks that is denied protections under the current interpretation of the Clean Water Act. Growing up, my siblings and I would put on rubber wading boots, take a net off a hook in our garage, and trample down the hill behind our house.