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Putting the Yuk Into the Clean Water Act Policy Debate
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter - @LTCWA I’m pretty sure that anyone who read today’s news about three teenagers urinating into a finished water reservoir in Portland OR thought “…. Yuk, I don’t want that in my drinking water!” We need a similar but overwhelming public reaction of disgust and outrage about polluters’ effort to block one of the most important pieces of clean water policy in decades. According to news reports, cameras caught three teenagers urinating into a reservoir used to store drinking water which has already passed through the treatment
Cool Shades, Clean Water
by Jonathan A. Scott ( @jscottnh on Twitter) "What do hip-hop sunglasses have to do with Clean Water?" you might ask. This is not an academic question. When Todd Wilkerson, founder and CEO of trendy eyewear company Shuttershades first approached Clean Water Action about supporting our organization we had to think about it (for a second, but not any longer than that). Here are some of the obvious answers: Everybody cares about clean water. We all have a stake in keeping our water clean. Right now is Earth Month. As far as we're concerned, it's all about the water. Cool Shades, Clean Water
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