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Tweet to #ProtectCleanWater today!
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director - follow Michael on Twitter ( @MichaelEdKelly ) Tweet With Us to #ProtectCleanWater More than 800,000 people called on the Environmental Protection Agency to protect clean water in 2014. Hundreds of thousands did the same in 2012. And 2010. And in the aughts. And every time you ask people whether we should have strong safeguards for the water we drink, the answer is a resounding "YES". So, what's up with Congress? As Bob wrote yesterday, the War on Water is back and many in Congress want to make it impossible to protect streams and wetlands. Which is
War on Water Starting Again
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO - Follow Bob on Twitter (@BWendelgass) The hearing on EPA's rule to restore Clean Water Act protection to small streams is just the opening salvo in a renewed War on Water. Clean Water Action will be in the thick of the fight...and we'll need your help to win! I say 'renewed War on Water' because this isn't the first time polluters have attacked the Clean Water Act. Way back in 1972 when the Act was first passed, they convinced President Nixon to veto the bill. Fortunately Congress overrode the veto. Then in 1995, polluters and their allies in Congress tried
Michigan Currents - Spring | Summer 2016
Inside this issue A New Direction for Flint A Ticking Time Bomb Grand River Cleanup Water in Motion - a Celebration Budget Cuts Download the PDF A New Direction for Flint Over the past several months, Clean Water Action staff and volunteers have been working with Flint Rising, a local coalition, and others to help find solutions to address the impacts of the Flint Water Crisis. Clean Water’s field canvass has collected over 5,000 hand-written letters from voters across the state that were personally delivered to all 110 State House members. Additionally, Clean Water members and staff have
On Shaky Ground
On Shaky Ground: Fracking, Acidizing, and Increased Earthquake Risk in California finds that millions of Californians live in areas threatened by oil industry-induced earthquakes.
