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Safe Chemicals, please
Take Action for Safe Chemicals Today! By Cindy Luppi, New England Director May is here and for many, the top thing on our minds is spring and whether the Celtics can continue their tear in playoffs (Rondo!) or if the Sox will ever turn it around in the Valentine years (and, if you’re not from New England, feel free to insert your own sports teams/metaphors here). For me, Spring always reminds me of my grandmother, Aubine. She was born in early April, over 100 years ago in a small town in northern Maine. She taught my sisters and me many things over the years, but the single over-riding lesson
A Step in the Right Direction on Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water
Let's keep diesel out of fracking! By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director As experts on the Safe Drinking Water Act, we weren’t at all thrilled when Congress exempted hydraulic fracturing from the law back in 2005. EPA's draft policy around fracking operations that use diesel addresses the only "exemption in that exemption" and because of that is very important. We’ve seen since then that drinking water impacts are one of the biggest areas of concern with this type of oil and gas drilling and the exemption needs to be reversed. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) exempts hydraulic
Coloradans welcome “Flat Earth Society” members of Congress
Welcome, Flat Earth Society By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director Groups call for energy reality check, end of excessive taxpayer handouts to Big Oil Several Colorado groups took members of Congress to task today over their failed energy policies, political rhetoric, and ties to industry. Clean Water Action, Colorado Fair Share Alliance, the Checks and Balances Project and local activists gathered on the steps of the state capitol early this morning in anticipation of a U.S. House Energy and Minerals Subcommittee field hearing on federal oversight of oil and gas fracking operations. Rep
The Dirty Water Caucus at it Again
Who are they protecting? By Jennifer Peters, National Water Coordinator On Wednesday the House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a spending bill that would block the Administration from finishing new Clean Water Act polices to protect streams, lakes, wetlands and other water resources. These new Clean Water Act policies are needed to replace policies enacted by the Bush administration that left many of our nation’s streams and wetlands more vulnerable to pollution. This latest assault on the Clean Water Act was led by Representative Denny Rehberg of Montana (R- At-Large). As we
The Choice Couldn't Be Clearer
By Bob Wendelgass, President and CEO We must Re-elect Barack Obama in 2012 In my 20 years of working with Clean Water Action, I have never seen a Presidential race in which the choice was so stark. That’s why earlier this week, Clean Water Action joined with Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters and Environment America to endorse President Obama for reelection in 2012. He has an outstanding record on environmental issues, and despite a hostile Congress, has taken incredibly important actions to address climate change, air pollution and water pollution and other health and