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Good Things Are Possible in 2013
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO Good Things Are Possible Here’s what we know: Continued opposition to environmental protection by the majority of the US House means that bills to address climate change or strengthen water protections are not going to pass in 2013. But that doesn’t mean that nothing good will happen over the next year. In fact, there are a number of policies ready for consideration by the Obama Administration that could make 2013 a good year for our water! First up: Completing the guidance and rulemaking that will restore Clean Water Act protection to many small streams and
Protect Ocean State’s shore from debris
By State Representative Donna Walsh (D- 36) and Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island Director This post was first published in the Providence Journal There are few Rhode Islanders — or visitors to the Ocean State — who haven’t encountered a bottle or plastic bag on their favorite beach or other cozy coastal spot. This debris washed up on the shore because of problems in our recycling and collection system. In 2011 alone almost 26,000 pounds of garbage were picked up on 101 miles of Rhode Island coastline through just one of the volunteer coastal-cleanup programs. These volunteers diligently comb 420
Why Care
Sandy hits New York By Casille Systermans, Washington DC Field Manager and Program Intern Last week I wrote about the #ForwardonClimate Rally, imploring our leaders to act. The question remains: why should we care? Those making and influencing our policy decisions will not live to see the serious effects of climate change. It seems like we all think “how bad can they really be?” In a word: Catastrophic. This Christmas I flew to my hometown of Boca Raton, Fl. It was a bright, beautiful sunny day and I enjoyed seeing the Florida coastline come into view as the plane began to descend for our
#ForwardOnClimate
By Casille Systermans, Washington, DC Field Manager and Program Intern As a 23 year old, I must admit, I find myself feeling more than a little annoyed at the generations of US and world leaders who, in my view, have failed me and my generation by failing to act on the issue of Climate Change. In the 1970's Jimmy Carter warned us that if we did not work to curb carbon pollution that future generations would see stronger storms, rising sea-levels and more frequent heat waves, among other things. The fossil fuel industry aligned with the political right created an anti-science opposition that
Uranium Mining in Virginia: What finally got a national policy wonk to look and then act in her own backyard.
Today we welcome Guest Blogger Lisa Ragain, who runs Aqua Vitae, a water consulting organization. Lisa's message is quite timely, given that the Virginia Senate Agriculture Committee will consider this issue tomorrow, January 31. It’s confession time. I have spent most of my adult life working on drinking water policy. From the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to the EPA Office of Water, I’m in the loop. I am conversant on drought in Texas, legislative hearings in New Jersey and chemical contamination in Illinois. But prior to last year, I could not tell you what was going on with