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Closing the Floodgates
Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the United States, dumping billions of pounds of pollution into America’s rivers, lakes, and streams each year. These pollutants, including lead and mercury, are dangerous to humans and wreak havoc in our watersheds even in very small amounts. It’s time for power plants to stop using our rivers, lakes and streams as open sewers to dump their waste!
Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter serves as President and CEO of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund bringing more than a decade of executive leadership experience to the organization. Most recently, Jeff led a membership organization of health professionals in the US working to protect the public from the global threats posed by climate change, environmental destruction, and nuclear weapons proliferation.