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Uranium Mining in Virginia: What finally got a national policy wonk to look and then act in her own backyard.
Today we welcome Guest Blogger Lisa Ragain, who runs Aqua Vitae, a water consulting organization. Lisa's message is quite timely, given that the Virginia Senate Agriculture Committee will consider this issue tomorrow, January 31. It’s confession time. I have spent most of my adult life working on drinking water policy. From the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to the EPA Office of Water, I’m in the loop. I am conversant on drought in Texas, legislative hearings in New Jersey and chemical contamination in Illinois. But prior to last year, I could not tell you what was going on with
Let Them Vote!
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO You know what I’m sick of? Seeing important bills that would protect our water, fight climate change, and help build a clean energy economy never get a vote in the Senate. I think it’s time to do something about it so our Senators can start representing you and me and voting on the bills we care about. But we need your help today! We need to reform the filibuster and we have one chance to do it right now – so email (and call) your Senators today! Tell them to support Senate Resolution 4 (SR 4), which makes simple and common sense changes to the filibuster to
Let's Not Frack Up Our Air
By Myron Arnowitt, Pennsylvania State Director "Flaring" a fracked well The EPA’s strong proposal to restrict air emissions from oil and gas extraction operations is a good start. EPA regulations of these large pollution sources are urgently needed in cities like Pittsburgh and in many other communities across the country. Gas drilling has been poorly controlled by state governments and we desperately need the federal government to take a strong role in protecting public health and the environment. Take a look at the picture to the left. That is a Marcellus Shale gas well being “flared” and it
If We're Going to Rein-in Something, Make it Fracking!
Photo by Mark Schmerling By Cord Briggs, National Programs Intern Do you breathe air? Then I have some good news for you! On July 28 th the EPA released a suite of new regulations that, for the first time, will control airborne emissions from oil and gas wells, and specifically those drilled using the risky practice of hydro-fracking. This is truly a win-win-win. Not only will the public reap the benefit of cleaner air (and water), but greenhouse gas emissions will drop, and the petroleum industry will actually end up making more money! It works like this, when a natural gas well is first
Let's Jump Off this Runaway TRAIN
Let's Stop this TRAIN Wreck By Dan Endreson, Minnesota Program Coordinator This summer was rough for the environment. The 112 th U.S. House of Representatives has been one the most anti-environment Congress’ in history by passing legislation that will severely impact water and air quality for generations. Congress continues to go after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by attempting to limit its ability to update and enforce the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. In August, Congress took on the Clean Water Act with the “ Dirty Water Act” (H.R. 2018) that would prevent the EPA