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Calling ALL Coloradans: VOTE for clean water on November 6th
By Erin Adair, Colorado Program Coordinator We’re less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. Voting in this election is extremely important, especially for Colorado. We are making a decision about our environmental and economic future and there are some extremely close races. We face a choice between fracking on our precious public lands or wildlife conservation and protecting our vital recreational economy on public lands. We have a choice between stronger air quality protections
Dave Levandsky for Pennsylvania State Representative
By Steve Hvozdovich, Marcellus Campaign Coordinator We're less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. In 2010, the environment lost one of its biggest champions in Harrisburg, Dave Levdansky, by a mere 150 votes. During Dave’s years representing the 39 th district in western Pennsylvania he fought for our health, safety, and environment through efforts like protecting our state forests from natural gas drilling and passing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act. This year we have the
What's at Stake in Rhode Island: RIPTA
By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director We're less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. It’s time to take a look as some of our General Assembly candidates. Rhode Island’s universal support for the environment keeps it out of the ProJo and off the 11 o’clock news during campaign season. That doesn’t mean the voters should forget our November 6th choices will chart Rhode Island’s path for the next two years. Lately, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has been a political
Sandy, Climate Change, and the Election
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications We’re less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. Sandy hits New York Climate change did not “cause” Sandy. Except that it did. Except that the question, “did climate change cause Sandy?” doesn’t matter. Storms like Sandy are too complex to have one cause, though they certainly do have a (big) climate change connection. Grist explains it here. "Did climate change cause it?" is now asked after every natural disaster (which I suppose
Preventing Lead by Protecting Water in Massachusetts
Lead in water is the most significant source of lead exposure after lead paint. Lead was a preferred plumbing material, particularly for water service lines, until it was outlawed in 1986. The American Water Works Association estimates between 6-10 million homes are connected to a lead service line. Lead in Water: A Health Hazard Lead exposure isn’t good for anyone; but pregnant women and young children are most affected. Physical and behavioral effects of lead occur at lower exposure levels in children than in adults. A dose of lead that would have little effect on an adult can have a