Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2010

Last year, with the help of Clean Water Action members, the District set up a new fund supported by a fee on plastic and paper bags to help restore the Anacostia River and other District waterways. However, within a few months, this fund was threatened by proposals to raid the money to support other programs. One of the many positive aspects of the legislation that imposed a fee on bags was that it would generate money for river clean-up efforts, and thus provide funding during challenging fiscal times.

Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2010

Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2010

Last fall and winter, Clean Water Fund worked with local allies in Prince William and Loudoun Counties to hold workshops on 21st Century approaches to managing our water resources. This fall, we will be organizing follow-up workshops that explore ways in which reducing water waste, including water re-use and other money-saving techniques, will help communities to develop sustainable water management practices.

Included in this issue:

• Delaware News Source Illuminates Toxic Threat to Water Supply
• Anacostia Restoration Fund Survives Threat of Budget Grab
• Offshore Drilling and Uranium Mining – Preventing Disaster

And more...

Stories in this issue:

• Mixed News On The Water Bond!, page 1
• Unveiling Toxic Secrets, page 2
• Letter from the President, page 3
• Upstream Solutions, page 4
• Big Oil Attacks Climate Change, page 5
• Clean Water: Now and For the Future, page 6
• Blugirl Art, page 7
• Clean Water Blog, page 7
• CA Legislative Update, page 8

California Clean Water Currents, Summer 2010 (pdf, 2.2 MB)

Stories in this issue:

• Clean Energy Colorado! - Clean Water Action helps move federal and state legislation forward.
• Clean Water Colorado! - Legislation for clean water and water conservation
  continues to make gains.

Colorado Clean Water Currents, Summer 2010 (pdf, 1.3 MB)

New Jersey Currents|online, Summer 2010

The Good and the Bad of the State House's New Leaders

Feed Your Lawn - Without Poisoning Your Water

Clean Air...Good Jobs

New Jersey Currents|online, Summer 2009 - update

2008-9 Legislature Worst In New Jersey History?

By Peggi Sturmfels, Program Organizer, New Jersey Currents|online, Summer 2010

Tritium (or radioactive hydrogen) contamination of ground water was discovered at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generation Station (OCNGS) in Lacey Township, New Jersey on Friday May, 14, 2010. According to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) it was attributed to an airborne release of tritiated water from OCNGS' isolation condenser system following a reactor shutdown on July 17, 2007.

By Jenny Vickers, Communications Coordinator, New Jersey Currents|online, Summer 2010

Like vitamins, nutrients are thought to be good for you, but too many can also make you sick. In New Jersey, our aquatic ecosystems are showing severe signs of stress from excessive nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus which can come from many sources including synthetic fertilizers*, discharge from wastewater treatment plants, overflowing septic systems, and runoff from croplands and builtup areas.

By David Pringle, Campaign Director, New Jersey Currents|online, Summer 2010

The Christie Administration and new legislative leadership of Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver recently completed their first 100 days in power and are completing their budget balancing battle. We have seen the good, the bad and the ugly come to the fore, and there is certainly more to come.

Governor Chris Christie and the Environment