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Fighting for Green Infrastructure in Pennsylvania
Listen to Western Pennsylvania Director Tom Hoffman on the Union Edge Talk Radio Show. In the first portion of the show Tom talks about Clean Water Action's political canvass in western Pennsylvania. He talks about how the canvass is making Pennsylvania's Act 13 that took away a municipality's right to control gas drilling an issue in the current election campaign. In the second segment he talks about Clean Water Action Pittsburgh's involvement in a broad campaign to make green infrastructure a major part of the region's solution for the problem of sewage in our rivers. Learn more about what
Wastewater Guidelines for Power Plants 30 Years Overdue
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator This week we are blogging about the Clean Water Act, which turns 40 on October 18th. Because of this landmark legislation, many rivers, streams, lakes, and beaches are much cleaner than they were forty years ago. Though we’ve made significant progress in combating water pollution, there have been no updates to the Act since 1987 and it is beginning to show its age. The Clean Water Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review effluent limitations (i.e. wastewater discharges from utilities or sewage plants) and revise
40 Years after Clean Water Act, Our Waterways Still Need Watchdogs and Stewards
By Marion Stoddart and John Duff, Guest Writers This is the second in a series of posts c elebrating the fortieth anniversary of the landmark Clean Water Act. Check back each day for the latest installment. In early 2012, Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced “America’s Great Outdoors Rivers Initiative,” an effort to protect and restore America’s rivers for people and wildlife and to support jobs in tourism and outdoor recreation. This is good news, because rivers— and oceans— are our lifeblood and need ongoing care. Thanks to the Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, it’s now
Forty! It Only Gets Better From Here?
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO This is the first in a series of posts celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the landmark Clean Water Act. Check back each day for the latest installment. The Clean Water Act turns 40 on October 18th, with a remarkable record of accomplishment. I remember back in the 1960s when the Great Lakes were declared dead, the Cuyahoga River caught on fire and many of our rivers were so full of toxic chemicals that they’d eat the paint right off boats. I remember being told not to eat the fish from Lake Ontario or to swim at the beach near my neighborhood. Today, the
A Germ Free Mississippi? Antibacterial Products and Our Water
By Kim Labo, Minnesota Program Organizer Evidently the Mississippi River is now germ free thanks to thousands of Minnesotans washing antibacterial soaps, toothpaste and cleaners down the drain. At least that is the result you would expect given the level of chemicals in the river from antibacterial products has increased more than 200% since the 1960’s. Instead we have carcinogenic dioxins being formed when antibacterial chemicals like triclosan break down in our water. When exposed to chlorine and sunlight during the wastewater treatment process triclosan turns into several dioxins (DCDD