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39 Years of Protecting Our Waters
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
You know what doesn't stimulate the economy: Mercury and Lead Pollution
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
Let's Not Frack Up Our Air
By Myron Arnowitt, Pennsylvania State Director "Flaring" a fracked well The EPA’s strong proposal to restrict air emissions from oil and gas extraction operations is a good start. EPA regulations of these large pollution sources are urgently needed in cities like Pittsburgh and in many other communities across the country. Gas drilling has been poorly controlled by state governments and we desperately need the federal government to take a strong role in protecting public health and the environment. Take a look at the picture to the left. That is a Marcellus Shale gas well being “flared” and it
If We're Going to Rein-in Something, Make it Fracking!
Photo by Mark Schmerling By Cord Briggs, National Programs Intern Do you breathe air? Then I have some good news for you! On July 28 th the EPA released a suite of new regulations that, for the first time, will control airborne emissions from oil and gas wells, and specifically those drilled using the risky practice of hydro-fracking. This is truly a win-win-win. Not only will the public reap the benefit of cleaner air (and water), but greenhouse gas emissions will drop, and the petroleum industry will actually end up making more money! It works like this, when a natural gas well is first
Let's Jump Off this Runaway TRAIN
Let's Stop this TRAIN Wreck By Dan Endreson, Minnesota Program Coordinator This summer was rough for the environment. The 112 th U.S. House of Representatives has been one the most anti-environment Congress’ in history by passing legislation that will severely impact water and air quality for generations. Congress continues to go after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by attempting to limit its ability to update and enforce the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. In August, Congress took on the Clean Water Act with the “ Dirty Water Act” (H.R. 2018) that would prevent the EPA