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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
Let Them Vote!
By Bob Wendelgass, President & CEO You know what I’m sick of? Seeing important bills that would protect our water, fight climate change, and help build a clean energy economy never get a vote in the Senate. I think it’s time to do something about it so our Senators can start representing you and me and voting on the bills we care about. But we need your help today! We need to reform the filibuster and we have one chance to do it right now – so email (and call) your Senators today! Tell them to support Senate Resolution 4 (SR 4), which makes simple and common sense changes to the filibuster to
In the Department of "Acting Like Drinking Water Matters" - Making Progress on Fracking
Drinking Water Matters By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a “Progress Report” today on its study of potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. EPA has undertaken a significant scientific research effort to better understand one piece of the hydraulic fracturing puzzle. It couldn't be more important. Fracking operations in Pennsylvania Hydraulic fracturing can affect drinking water in a number of ways. The Study’s various projects (there are 18) take a "life-cycle" approach to potential risks. EPA has
New Rule = Healthier Drinking Water
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Yesterday's announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it has finalized revision of the "Total Coliform Rule" is probably not going to grab a lot of headlines. But, it is significant in a number of ways. First, this revised rule takes an innovative approach to an old problem - how to keep pathogens (bacteria, for example) out of the drinking water delivered by Public Water Systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). What's more, the details of this innovative approach were worked out by a diverse group of
California: The Next Frack Frontier?
By Andrew Grinberg, California Program Associate As the fracking fight comes to California, our state government is finally getting on the bandwagon and will begin to regulate the dangerous oil and gas extraction process. The Department of Conservation (DOC) issued the first draft of proposed regulations on hydraulic fracturing. California has become the next battleground for the frack fight. The Golden State is already the fourth largest producer of oil in the US and industry had told us that they have been fracking here for years. There is something brand new though: high volume fracking