Filter By:
Type
Posted On
Search Results
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
Congress, Are You Listening? Across Political Lines, Public Support is Strong for Clean Water
America says: Let's keep our water clean! By Jennifer Peters, National Water Coordinator I know people don’t want to drink dirty water or swim in polluted rivers, so it comes as no surprise to me that a recent public opinion poll found that a majority of Americans support strong protections for clean water. Clean Water Action, along with several other environmental and sportsmen’s organizations commissioned this poll to gauge likely voters’ views on clean water protections in two key political “swing” states, Ohio and Colorado. In both states a majority of poll respondents, regardless of
Tweet-a-thon to #ProtectCleanWater
#ProtectCleanWater By Jennifer Peters, National Water Coordinator Need clean water? I know you do. All living beings need clean water to survive, yet the protection of clean water has become increasingly politicized over the past decade. It saddens me to write this, but if the original Clean Water Act, which was passed overwhelmingly by a bipartisan Congress in 1972, were to be voted on today in the House of Representatives, it would undoubtedly fail. So far this Congress the House of Representatives has voted a whopping 30 times to weaken federal protections for clean water. The House is not
Drinking Water Matters Part 2 – What Would it Look Like?
Here's the Secret - Drinking Water Matters By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Yesterday I wrote about the “Trickle Down Problem,” which allows pollution caused by our industrial and other activities to perpetuate until it trickles down to our drinking water sources. We’re left to solve the problem with treatment and higher costs to consumers. What would it look like to act as if drinking water matters? As noted in Part 1, we would not exempt hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas (or other activities) from the Safe Drinking Water Act. We’d also apply a great deal more foresight to our