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Who Cares About Clean Water?
By Susan Eastwood - follow Susan on Twitter - @SCEastwood I live in Ashford, a town of around 4500 people that is 80% forested. We are truly rural. The Mount Hope River runs through our backwoods and the head waters are just a mile or two to the North. As I sit on my deck this morning, I notice the mountain laurel has burst into bloom overnight. If you listen, you can hear the river running over the rocks in the hollow below – the headwaters are just to the North of our property. Who cares about clean water? I do! Water testing has shown that pollution-point source pollution has contaminated
Clean vs Dirty: why won't the US House get it?
By Jonathan A. Scott, follow Jon on Twitter - @jscottnh Today the U.S. House is engaged in all-out debate on the merits of yet another bad bill that is all too likely to pass along party lines. Backed by a long list of outfits I sure wouldn't trust to protect my water ( Big Ag, Dirty Coal, the Fertilizer Institute, National Mining Assoc. & the American Petroleum Institute, the National Pork Producers Council, the International Council of Shopping Centers, National Cattleman’s Beef Association, the Treated Wood Council and of course the US Chamber of Commerce and the Farm Bureau (chosen by
Finally Managing Groundwater
By Jennifer Clary, California Program Manager The California Legislature ended its 2014 session on Friday evening by adopting the first comprehensive groundwater regulation in the state’s 164-year history. SB 1168 (Pavley) and AB 1739 (Dickinson) provide a framework for managing the state’s groundwater basins that will require management plans and potentially pumping limits in the state’s most heavily used basins. There’s an old adage that says “water flows to money.” That is definitely the case with groundwater, as large cities, irrigation districts and corporate agriculture can afford to
Where will you be on September 21st?
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter Climate change is impacting us. And it’s not good. Pollution from power plants and other sources is affecting our food…our air…our water. It’s super-sizing things like hurricanes and droughts. If we don’t take action, it’s only going to get worse. So, don’t you think it’s time we did something about it? On September 21st, you’ll have your chance to demand action. Tens of thousands of people and more than 750 organizations are going to New York City on 9/21 for the People's Climate March. Leaders from all over the world are
A New Water Bond for California
By Jennifer Clary, California Program Manager Earlier this week, the Governor and Legislature reached near unanimous agreement on a $7.54 billion water bond for the November 2014 ballot that responds to the state’s deepening drought conditions. This bond (now Proposition 1) replaces an extremely unpopular $11.14 billion bond that was placed on the ballot during the Schwarzenegger administration (2009). The public’s opportunity to vote on the 2009 bond measure was delayed by the Legislature twice (in 2010 and 2012) as polls repeatedly showed it lacked the support to pass. Bond negotiations have