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We Lost Pinelands, But We Will Get Them Back
We lost the Pinelands.
Just like that; the Pinelands Commission in lockstep with Executive Director Nancy Wittenberg, struck down 40-years of carefully crafted protections last month that would keep industry out of the fragile forest preserve.
One wonders if those who voted in favor of the 22-mile, high speed gas pipeline even know the definition of the word “precedent,” which four past governors and the architects of the comprehensive management plan tried to drive home in letters to the commissioners.
Do they know what “World Biosphere”, or “World UNESCO” site mean? Have they any idea of
Getting a Leg Up on Getting the Lead Out
Photo: Lead-lined iron water pipe and lead pipe removed from the Quincy, MA water system
A great new tool was released recently to help communities speed up replacing their remaining Lead Service Lines (LSLs), which deliver drinking water to millions of homes across the U.S. The Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative is working to accelerate full lead service line replacement by engaging community stakeholders in collaborative processes in this critical undertaking. The Collaborative’s work is based on the recognition that we need to get lead out of contact with drinking water to prevent the risk of exposure to lead at the tap.
Clean Wave
Clean Wave, is a federal Super PAC that intends to make independent expenditures in the 2022 elections pertaining to some federal races. State Super PACs named Clean Wave and Clean Wave MI also exist in PA and MI to make independent expenditures in the 2022 elections in selected state races in PA and MI.
For more information or you have any questions, you can send an inquiry to Clean Wave – cleanwave@cleanwater.org.
Letter from 55 Groups Opposed to EPA's Do-Nothing Chemical Spill Plan
August 24, 2018
The Honorable Andrew Wheeler U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC 20460
RE: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0024 Clean Water Act Hazardous Substances Discharge Prevention Action
Dear Acting Administrator Wheeler,
On behalf of the 55 undersigned organizations and our millions of members and supporters across the country, we oppose the Trump administration’s proposal to take no action to protect communities and water resources from leaks and spills of hazardous substances from aboveground storage tanks.
The Clean Water
Chemical Spill Rule Joint Comments -- Clean Water Action AMWA, AWWA
August 24, 2018
The Honorable Andrew Wheeler Acting Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC 20460
RE: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0024 Clean Water Act Hazardous Substances Discharge Prevention Action, Federal Register, Vol. 83, No. 122
Dear Acting Administrator Wheeler,
The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to comment on The Environmental Protection Agency! s (EPA! s) proposed Clean Water Act Hazardous Substances Discharge Prevention Action. Our organizations share a common concern, the protection of the nation! s water