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My Clean Water Story
By Tim McDaniel, National Program Intern - Follow Tim on Twitter ( @TimMcDaniel365) This is my first time writing a post for We All Live Downstream, so of course I had to do my research. Most of the posts that I had read for my organization were about some major catastrophe or a campaign that we worked on. I decided to I wanted to talk about something a little different. I want to spend a moment and tell you about how I became enthralled in the work that we do here at Clean Water Action. As a grassroots environmental organization, it is important for us to emphasize that the work we do is for
The One Simple Thing You Can Do To #ProtectCleanWater – Tweet!
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director - follow Michael on Twitter ( @MichaelEdKelly) The campaign to #ProtectCleanWater is in full swing and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to hear from us. You can let EPA know that you support its proposal to restore protections to the small streams and wetlands that feed the drinking water for 1 in 3 Americans on Twitter tomorrow. EPA ( @EPAWater) is hosting a Twitter chat tomorrow from 1pm – 2pm est. You can follow along by searching for the hashtag #USWaters. Then you can ask a question or retweet @CleanH2OAction’s questions and
Why I want to #ProtectCleanWater - My Childhood Creek
For much of my childhood, in Waco Texas, I grew up with a creek behind my house. That creek is the center of many of my memories and is one of many Texas creeks that is denied protections under the current interpretation of the Clean Water Act. Growing up, my siblings and I would put on rubber wading boots, take a net off a hook in our garage, and trample down the hill behind our house.
Climate and a Strong Clean Water Act: My Drinking Water Week Ruminations
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter, @LTCWA It’s Drinking Water Week and this writer would like to remind you that the Public Water Systems that deliver tap water to more than 85% of us accomplish this amazing feat in the face of numerous challenges. I’d like to end there but I can’t. The third National Climate Assessment came out this week. Its outline of the way climate change is already impacting your drinking water, and how it will in the future, is sobering. You can look at individual sections of the Assessment here. Some observations: "Changes in
Our Water Has Waited Too Long
By Michael Kelly, Director of Communications - follow Michael on Twitter - @MichaelEdKelly The Clean Water Act became law in 1972. Since then industry and their allies in Congress have attempted to weaken the landmark law – asking Americans to put their bottom line ahead of protecting our water. In the mid-2000’s, industry got its wish when the Bush administration effectively broke the Clean Water Act and removed protections from nearly 20 million acres of wetlands and more than half the nation’s streams. The Bush administration’s actions put the drinking water for more than 1 in 3 Americans