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The Clean Water Act and Our Infrastructure
Watch a video about stormwater runoff in Pittsburgh By Tom Hoffman, Western Pennsylvania Director Clean Water Action and the Clean Water Act are both turning 40 this year. In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Clean Water Act on October 18th, our water experts (and some friends) from across the country are writing about the Act. Clean Water Action helped get the Clean Water Act passed because water is one of our nation’s most precious resources. Until 1972, we were simply not good stewards of our water. Our founder, David Zwick, exposed our nation’s water crisis and helped to
Your Daily Cup of Joe at Risk due to Climate Change
Could climate change take this away? By Elli Bell, Michigan Energy Program Intern Like me, millions of Americans enjoy a cup of coffee first thing in the morning, but climate change is putting this comforting daily ritual at risk. Clean Water Action celebrated National Coffee Day on September 28, to raise awareness in Lansing about the very real impact of climate change on coffee production. Premium coffee crops in places all over the world like Ethiopia, India, and Costa Rica are threatened by abnormal weather patterns associated with global warming. To produce the best beans, coffee plants
Fighting for Green Infrastructure in Pennsylvania
Listen to Western Pennsylvania Director Tom Hoffman on the Union Edge Talk Radio Show. In the first portion of the show Tom talks about Clean Water Action's political canvass in western Pennsylvania. He talks about how the canvass is making Pennsylvania's Act 13 that took away a municipality's right to control gas drilling an issue in the current election campaign. In the second segment he talks about Clean Water Action Pittsburgh's involvement in a broad campaign to make green infrastructure a major part of the region's solution for the problem of sewage in our rivers. Learn more about what
Wastewater Guidelines for Power Plants 30 Years Overdue
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator This week we are blogging about the Clean Water Act, which turns 40 on October 18th. Because of this landmark legislation, many rivers, streams, lakes, and beaches are much cleaner than they were forty years ago. Though we’ve made significant progress in combating water pollution, there have been no updates to the Act since 1987 and it is beginning to show its age. The Clean Water Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review effluent limitations (i.e. wastewater discharges from utilities or sewage plants) and revise
40 Years after Clean Water Act, Our Waterways Still Need Watchdogs and Stewards
By Marion Stoddart and John Duff, Guest Writers This is the second in a series of posts c elebrating the fortieth anniversary of the landmark Clean Water Act. Check back each day for the latest installment. In early 2012, Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced “America’s Great Outdoors Rivers Initiative,” an effort to protect and restore America’s rivers for people and wildlife and to support jobs in tourism and outdoor recreation. This is good news, because rivers— and oceans— are our lifeblood and need ongoing care. Thanks to the Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, it’s now