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Happy Birthday to the Clean Water Act
by Bob Wendelgass, Clean Water Action President & CEO, follow on Twitter @BWendelgass The Clean Water Act turns forty-two this weekend! When Congress overwhelmingly passed the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, we set an incredibly ambitious goal: eliminate all water pollution. Before the Act, the Cuyahoga River caught fire, Lake Erie was declared "dead," untreated waste was routinely dumped in rivers and streams, and wetlands were thought to be useless swamps that needed to be drained for development or agriculture. The Clean Water Act changed all of that. Over the past forty-two years we have
Happy Birthday to the Clean Water Act!
The Clean Water Act turns 42 on tomorrow (10/18). To celebrate we'll be sharing reflections on the Act, talking about the fight to protect clean water, and discussing what we can all do to put drinking water first. By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter ( @LTWCA) The Clean Water Act became law 42 years ago this week. It’s got a straightforward name and ambitious goals (zero pollution into our nation’s waterways.) Getting there is not so simple. I have two birthday wishes for this law. First, we have to close loopholes that leave some water unprotected even though
Happy Birthday, Clean Water Act: Hartford City Council Passes Resolution Supporting EPA Rule
The Clean Water Act turns 42 on Saturday. To celebrate we’ll be sharing reflections on the Act, talking about the fight to protect clean water, and discussing what we can all do to put drinking water first. By Susan Eastwood, Program Coordinator - Follow Susan on Twitter ( @sceastwood) Tuesday night, the Hartford City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and US Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to clarify protection of streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Clean Water Action applauds the Council and thanks Councilwoman
Toward the Future of the Movement
Times Square during the People's Climate March By Alex Papali, Organizer : Green Justice Campaign and Boston Recycling Coalition - follow the Boston office on Twitter ( @CleanH2OMA) The People’s Climate March in Manhattan last month was hailed as a watershed moment for the fast-growing climate movement. Yet fewer people see themselves as environmentalists today than in decades past. An estimated 20 million Americans, for example, participated in the first Earth Day in 1970, credited with building the grassroots pressure that led to the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and other fundamental
True Facts about the Clean Water Act, part 2
The Clean Water Act turns 42 on Saturday. To celebrate we'll be sharing reflections on the Act, talking about the fight to protect clean water, and discussing what we can all do to put drinking water first. Four More Clean Water Act Facts (part 2 of 2) -- Learn these and you’ll be an expert by Jonathan A. Scott, a member of Clean Water Action's development and communications teams, @jscottnh FACT #9: Some of the main Clean Water Act tools responsible for most of the progress cleaning up and protecting water include: A national permitting system, administered by the states, to regulate