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Clean Water Action: Congress and the White House must get past BBB roadblocks
Washington DC -- Clean Water Action responded to the latest news on the negotiations over the Build Back Better Act:
"We are dismayed by the newest roadblocks to passage of the Build Back Better Act. This bill is essential to fighting climate change by accelerating the transition to clean energy, investing in our water and other infrastructure, strengthening our economy, creating good jobs and supporting American families. We look forward to working with Congress and the White House to get negotiations back on track and pass this transformational legislation as soon as possible. Failure is not
There is finally light at the end of the lead pipe
President Biden proposed a lot of money for funding of lead pipe replacement in the American Jobs Plan. This could be a game changer. Removing the largest source of lead in drinking water is an enormous and expensive task. The cost of lead service line replacement has been the biggest barrier to both decisive federal regulation and proactive water system and community action. In addition to the President’s plan, significant funding has been included in several bills introduced or in the works in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House this year. With allies, we have advocated for $45 billion
Minnesota: 2021 Spring Legislative Update
The Minnesota Legislature has been in session since January 6th, without many final actions to show for the time spent. In the past 12 weeks there has been a flurry of activity in the House and Senate, although from the perspective of clean water there are stark contrasts between the directions that they are headed in the remaining weeks until they adjourn on May 16th.
Senate
In the Senate, leadership has refused a hearing on legislation to ban PFAS in food packaging, a commonsense measure to protect Minnesotans from chemcials that risk human and environmental health.
Instead, the Senate has
Clean Water Currents -- Spring 2021
In this issue: Bold proposals show that elections matter | Reopen with reuse | Can we finally get the lead out of water? | How the Clean Water Act can tackle PFAS | Getting PFAS out of fast food packaging | Stopping dangerous pipelines | Roadmap to Reform