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It’s a Week About Water
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter (@LTCWA) It’s a big week for water. Tomorrow’s hearing on the proposal to close loopholes in Clean Water Act protections is unusual in that it’s a joint House and Senate hearing, meant to signal that the majority party intends to block the Administration’s efforts to protect critical waterbodies. The Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Federal Budget is important for water too. The President has proposed increased spending on water infrastructure, drinking water quality and innovative water management approaches. The
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
Clean Water Action | Clean Water Fund Comments on the Lead and Copper Rule to SAB
May 4, 2020 Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460 via email: armitage.thomas@epa.gov Dear Dr. Armitage, We provide these comments for consideration by the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) in their review of EPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions. We urge the SAB to consider aspects of the Proposed Revisions where EPA’s proposal missed the mark in terms of achieving significant public health risk reduction
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The Clean Water For All Act recognizes that access to clean water is a fundamental right and necessary to sustain life and economic livelihood.
