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Climate and a Strong Clean Water Act: My Drinking Water Week Ruminations
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director - Follow Lynn on Twitter, @LTCWA It’s Drinking Water Week and this writer would like to remind you that the Public Water Systems that deliver tap water to more than 85% of us accomplish this amazing feat in the face of numerous challenges. I’d like to end there but I can’t. The third National Climate Assessment came out this week. Its outline of the way climate change is already impacting your drinking water, and how it will in the future, is sobering. You can look at individual sections of the Assessment here. Some observations: "Changes in
Our Water Has Waited Too Long
By Michael Kelly, Director of Communications - follow Michael on Twitter - @MichaelEdKelly The Clean Water Act became law in 1972. Since then industry and their allies in Congress have attempted to weaken the landmark law – asking Americans to put their bottom line ahead of protecting our water. In the mid-2000’s, industry got its wish when the Bush administration effectively broke the Clean Water Act and removed protections from nearly 20 million acres of wetlands and more than half the nation’s streams. The Bush administration’s actions put the drinking water for more than 1 in 3 Americans
Derailments and Spills and Protecting Clean Water
By Andy Fellows, Chesapeake Regional Director A CSX train carrying crude oil going off the tracks in Virginia is a news flash that grabs national attention for a moment, but for those involved and for the communities in which they happen, a derailment can be catastrophic, life changing and deadly. 50,000 gallons of oil are “missing,” as officials are uncertain as to how much burned in the blaze and how much ended up in the water. Though no one at this time appears to be injured, the burning oil along the James brings to mind the image of the Cuyahoga River in flames in the late 60’s, a
Toxic Seduction
By Special Guest - Hilary Opperman This post originally appeared on The Campaign for Toxic-Free Kids Have you ever masqueraded as something you're not? The truth is that we all have from time to time. Now tell me this: Have you ever worn products that have masqueraded as something they're not? Have you ever bought a fancy shampoo because the bottle was aesthetically pleasing or suggested a sense of comfort? Or a product that reminded you of being younger? Or claimed to remove cellulite? To give your laundry a fresh scent? Or give you an artificially-induced tan? A product to shield you from
Industry claims the “sky is falling” with EPA’s Clean Water Act proposal, but their concerns belie the truth
By Brooks Mountcastle, Eastern Pennsylvania Director After watching the recent online videos of some Congress members lambasting the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) over proposed restorations that will bring clarity to the Clean Water Act, one might conclude that “jack booted thugs” (a term popularized in 1995 by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre in his description of federal agents) were coming to lock up the pool, bird bath, or creek in your yard. But nothing could be further from the truth. The lies being tossed around by
