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The Clean Water Act Stands - Let's Stand With It
By Alan Farago, Guest Writer and Clean Water Action Member
When the Clean Water Act was passed by Congress forty years ago, I had no idea how important this landmark federal law would be to my work as an environmental activist in Florida. On this important anniversary, I am reminded how far our nation has come, through landmark legislation created in the 1970’s under a Republican administration, and how the original purpose of those laws, including the Clean Water Act, represent the best of America.
I was a freshman in college in 1972. Laws were not necessarily my primary concern, and the
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