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Looking at the Clean Water Rule through a Trout’s window

Eastern Brook trout. Credit: USFWS By Chris Bathurst, National Canvass Coordinator I live and fish in Western Massachusetts. I am particularly interested in native Brook Trout, which I have fished for more than 25 years. These beautiful creatures require very specific conditions to thrive. The presence of Brook Trout is an indicator as to the cleanliness and health of both the surrounding and upstream environment. Over the last 25 years of wading streams I have learned that all water, no matter how small the stream, eventually connects and influences the larger branch to which it flows. And it

EPA Clean Water Rule: Minnesota will now be the Land of 10,000 Cleaner Lakes

By Steve Schultz, Minnesota Program Organizer Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes, and water is an integral part of any Minnesota summer – cannonballs off the dock, mornings on the lake fishing, afternoons on the pontoon, lazy days at the beach. Minnesotans value our water for so many reasons. That’s why we were so excited when the EPA released the Clean Water Protection Rule on Wednesday, May 27. For more than 12 years Clean Water Action has been leading the fight to close loopholes, created during the Bush Administration, in the Clean Water Act that left more than half of our nation’s

Newark Makes History With First-In-The-Nation Environmental Justice Ordinance

On July 13th, the City of Newark made history when the Newark Municipal Council passed a first-in-the-nation Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts Ordinance which seeks to address the problems that have led to unhealthy levels of pollution in the region’s poorest communities. The ordinance requires developers requesting environmental permits to inform the city of any environmental impacts. This information is to be submitted to the City’s Environmental Commission along with the developer’s initial site-plan application so that the Commission can advise the Central Planning Board, Zoning

Amy Goldsmith

Amy Goldsmith oversees all New Jersey programs for Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund. She is also a part of the NJ Work Environment Council as a member of the Board, NJ Citizen Action, NJ Working Families Alliance, Steering Committee of the Coalition for Healthy Ports, ElectrifyNJ, EmpowerNJ, Jersey Renews, Sewer Free Streets & Rivers, Lead Free NJ, and Lead in Drinking Water Task Force, as well as serving as the Governor’s Public Appointee to NJDEP Clean Water Council. For 7 years prior to her work in New Jersey, Mrs. Goldsmith directed Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund's New
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