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By Lynn Thorp, National Programs Coordinator Nine years ago this month, the Bush Administration signaled that it would pursue policies to remove Clean Water Act protection from many water bodies. Thus began a campaign that’s been a priority for Clean Water Action ever since. With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally poised to start fixing this problem, four powerful Congressional Republicans are today signaling their opposition. Senator s Inhofe (R-OK) and Sessions (R-AL) and Representatives Mica (R-FL) and Gibbs (R-OH) have one thing right. Formal rulemaking is a better solution

Let's get it "over the hill"39 - will it get to 40?

By Lynn Thorp, National Programs Coordinator Today is the 39 th anniversary of the landmark Clean Water Act. Since Clean Water Action was founded as the idea became law, it’s a meaningful date for us. The idea then was that the long struggle to point to our nation’s water problems and win a national solution was not over when President Nixon signed the bill into law. In fact, the struggle was just beginning. With a goal like “zero discharge of pollution” into our nation’s water by the middle 1980’s, we knew it would not be easy! The Clean

Power Plant Emissions

By Cord Briggs, National Programs Intern Since taking control of the House, Republican leadership has been hard at work dismantling our clean water and air protections. To date they have passed a whopping 160 anti-environmental bills, and that number is only continuing to sky-rocket. They have effectively made the 112 th Congress the most anti-environment Congress in history. Last week, House Leadership pushed through a bill that would slash long-overdue air pollution standards for cement plants. These plants are the second largest source of mercury pollution in the US