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Twelve Year Polluter Giveaway Comes to an End
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - follow Lynn on Twitter (@LTCWA) A little while ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the long-overdue “Clean Water Rule” will be finalized today. In September 2002, Clean Water Act experts on our staff and among our national allies noticed troubling language in Congressional testimony from several high-ranking EPA staff. It appeared that the Bush Administration was considering a polluter-friendly interpretation of a Supreme Court case. If they got their way, water bodies that for decades had been protected by Clean Water Act
The Dirty Water Rampage in Congress Continues
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter (@LTCWA) As we reported two weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives is on a rampage against a wide range of environmental protections and progress. After approving a laundry list of harmful amendments to a federal agency spending bill the week before last, the U.S. House adjourned until today when they will get right back to work. Up this evening is the “Regulatory Integrity Protection Act” (H.R. 1732). This bill blocks commonsense policy to ensure that all of our nation’s water bodies are protected by Clean Water Act
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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Pennsylvania Currents - Fall / Winter 2020
In this issue: Elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris | Voting by Mail? Make Sure to Read This! | Replacing a Zero with a Hero | 2019-2020 Pennsylvania Legislative Scorecard | Endorsements | We Need You! Volunteer
