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Official Statement on the “Polluted Water Rule”, EPA's Proposed Revision to the Definition of “Waters of the United States”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is once again advancing a proposal to undermine the Clean Water Act. The agency’s new proposal, which clean water advocates are calling the “Polluted Water Rule,” would strip protections from most wetlands and seasonal streams across the country.
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund Announce CEO Transition Effective December 31
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund announced a planned leadership transition where Jeff Carter, President and CEO, will step down from his role effective at the end of the year.
Conservation Groups Challenge Repeal of Clean Water Act Protections in Federal Court
"The only people who support this outrageous repeal are the corporate polluters who stand to benefit from making it easier to contaminate streams or to fill in wetlands, while burdening communities downstream with their pollution," said Jennifer Peters, National Water Programs director for Clean Water Action. "Americans understand the importance of clean water and expect our government officials to do more, not less, to protect it. We're going to fight this scheme, along with the rest of the Trump administration's dirty water agenda."
Pendley's Anti-Public Lands Agenda: Statement of Brent Bolin, Clean Water Fund political director
Statement of Brent Bolin, Clean Water Fund political director Note: In what can only be termed “absurd”, the chief Federal official in charge of America’s public lands, William Perry Pendley, today said the biggest threat facing America’s public lands is not climate change, not under-regulated fossil fuel companies pilfering the public estate, not the zeroing out of Land and Water Conservation Fund funding in the President's proposed budget, not the unprecedented rollback of environmental protections for priceless lands and endangered species but instead is...wild horses. The comments came at
Denver Water’s Plan to Get the Lead Out While Protecting Our Watersheds
Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program Plan is the culmination of a rigorous, 18-month-long stakeholder process that included federal, state, and local agencies, wastewater and drinking water utilities, and environmental and conservation organizations. Clean Water Action staff attended numerous stakeholder meetings and submitted a letter of support for Denver Water’s July 2019 draft plan. We strongly support the revised plan and are pleased that Denver Water incorporated many of our recommendations into its final proposal to EPA.
