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Three Weeks Later - What Have We Learned from West Virginia?
By Michael Kelly, Communications Director (Follow Michael on Twitter - @MichaelEdKelly) Three weeks ago nearly 300,000 West Virginians lost their tap water because of a spill at a chemical storage facility less than a mile and half from an intake for the region’s drinking water. Cities and businesses were shut down and people couldn’t use their water for more than five days. Numerous failures led to this disaster, including a lack of state inspection of the facility for the last decade to the lack of health data available on the chemical. The question is, what have we learned? We need stronger
Drought Inspires Call for Long-Term Solutions
It’s said that the worst time to plan for a drought is when you’re in one. Clean Water Action has long been a supporter of locally sustainable and resilient water supplies that can be used to diversify our supply, enhance our communities and reduce reliance on environmentally damaging water diversions.
West Virginia Chemical Spill – The Only Good News
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director (Follow Lynn on Twitter - @LTCWA) For the last few days, hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia were miserable. Not only were they concerned about their health in the face of the chemical spill at Freedom Industries, but they did not have water for other daily needs including taking baths and showers or washing clothes. And yet, there was one positive thing about the last six days and part of me wishes it wouldn’t end. Since last Friday, the eyes and ears of the nation have been on tap water and on questions about how we protect our drinking
California: Still Not Protecting Us from Fracking
By Andrew Grinberg, Oil and Gas Program Coordinator January 14 marked the end of California's 60 day public comment period on proposed fracking regulations. Over the last two months Clean Water Action members and supporters have spoken, submitting thousands of comments calling for a halt to fracking in California. Residents across the state have turned out in record numbers to voice their concerns, packing public hearing rooms from Oakland to Santa Maria to Bakersfield to Sacramento to Long Beach. Clearly, the public has something to say about fracking, and clearly Californians don't want it
By the Wayside...Are They Serious?
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director (Follow Lynn on Twitter - @LTCWA) Charleston Gazette reporter Ken Ward Jr. just tweeted that local officials in West Virginia had this to say about planning for chemical accidents and spills: “That's just something that's kind of fallen by the wayside.” This is horrifying in light of hundreds of thousands of people without water for 5 days, businesses unable to open and people’s health threatened in ways no one quite understands. But it’s not that surprising. We take tap water for granted and rely on our Public Water Systems to clean up pollution that