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Protecting Clean Water in Vermont: a flatlander’s view
by Jonathan A. Scott, Managing Editor, Clean Water Action News (@jscottnh on Twitter) First, I admit for the record that I do not live in Vermont. However, I can see Vermont from my house. It’s over there, right on the other side of the beautiful Connecticut River. Also for the record, as a New Hampshire resident only since 1989, my views may carry less weight than a native-born New Englander. If you live here, you know that is because only 2 nd or 3 rd generation Granite Staters are considered true natives. The rest of us “ flatlanders” might be living here now, but we are lumped together
Protecting Clean Water: This is personal!
by Jonathan A. Scott, Managing Editor for Clean Water Action News (on twitter @jscottnh) The Obama Administration is proposing to fix huge gaps in Clean Water Act protections by clarifying what streams, wetlands and drinking water sources are protected under the law. Clean Water Action is mobilizing its members and the public to weigh in on the record in support of clean water. The Administration’s intent is not to create new protections, but rather to restore longstanding protections that had been in effect from the time of the law’s passage during the Nixon Administration until about 12
Putting Drinking Water First - A Real Win
By Lynn Thorp, Campaigns Director (follow Lynn of Twitter - @LTCWA) Waiting for Protection for More than 10 years Putting Drinking Water First means making decisions about all of our activities with an eye toward their impact on our drinking water sources. Take action here. Why should we do that? First, recent events like the Freedom Industries chemical spill in West Virginia and the Duke Energy coal ash spill in North Caroline illustrate the health concerns and disruptions which result from contamination of drinking water sources. Public health and local economies depends on tap water
Air Pollution from Coke Plant in Pittsburgh Cannot Continue
Courtesy of Joel Polacci By Julie St. John, Pittsburgh Organizer For years, Clean Water Action in Pittsburgh has been working to clean up air pollution coming from the Shenango coke works on Neville Island. The facility is located on a heavily industrialized piece of land less than one mile from densely populated residential communities and only five miles from downtown Pittsburgh. When new owners, DTE Energy, bought the company in 2008, residents were hopeful they would finally see improvements to the air they breathe. Now, it's clear that DTE Energy has no more interest in being a good
Clean Water? We’re in it for the Long Haul
by Jonathan A. Scott, editor, Clean Water Currents (on Twitter @jscottnh) Watch EPA Administrator McCarthy's March 25 call to #ProtectCleanWater Since 2002, Clean Water Action has doggedly fought an uphill battle to restore Clean Water Act protections for some of America’s most important water resources. On March 25, 2014, the Obama Administration announced it was finally taking action to fix the problem. When was the last time you thought about your water? We’ve made so much progress since the early 1970s when Clean Water Action first got started, it’s easy to see how almost anyone in the U