New Hampshire
Update the Clean Water Act
clean water progress
Under current federal policies many water bodies are vulnerable to pollution and destruction. The Obama Administration has proposed to fix this problem but powerful special interests oppose this clean water progress. Last year, their allies in Congress attempted to block the Administration’s proposals several times last year. With your help we fended off those attacks.
As 2012 begins, we need to remind the White House that people support clean water policies and that they need to keep this process moving.
New England Currents | Winter 2011
new england currents
winter 2011 edition
Inside
making manufacturers take out the trash!
Americans generate a lot of trash — some would say, much more than their “fair share.” Many people feel that each individual should be responsible for reducing their own waste, perhaps along with the local community recycling program. The reality is that cities and towns have ended up bearing most of the responsibility — and the costs — for figuring out ways to reduce waste and make recycling programs work. Over the past ten years, however, new policies challenging this conventional approach have started gaining traction.
Letters to Senators
it takes a broad movement
The Barrasso/Heller Amendment to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2354) is bad news. It would permanently bar the Army Corps of Engineers from restoring longstanding Clean Water Act protections to water bodies throughout the country. This undermines the common-sense protections that Americans expect to ensure clean water for drinking, swimming and fishing. We have to stop it - and we will.
Barrasso - Heller
barrasso-heller: the amendment that would put all water at risk
- Tell the Senate: It's past time to protect all water!
- A Broad Movement: Letters to Key Senators
- The New York Times on Barrasso - Heller
- Putting our water at risk
- Read the amendment
Wetlands and streams are a vital part of our water system. They feed into and clean rivers and lakes throughout the country. The Mississippi and Colorado rivers, San Francisco and Chesapeake Bays and every other body of water relies on small streams and wetlands across the United States. Wetlands also provide vital flood protection for cities, towns, and farmland - an acre of wetland can hold nearly 1 million gallons of floodwaters.
On the Hill
fighting for water on the hill
The Clean Water Act brought Lake Erie back to life, cleaned up rivers like the Cuyahoga and the Potamac, and made drinking water safe for nearly all Americans - we're not done yet. It's been 39 years since the Congress first passed the Clean Water Act. We were making steady progess until nine years ago.
Help us stop the Senate from passing the dirty water amendment today!
Coal Ash
undermining public health
Your U.S. Senators need to hear from you that controlling coal ash pollution is a common sense way to protect our health, our water and our communities.
We need you to tell your Senators: Coal ash is too toxic not to regulate
Smog
choking on a bad smog decision:
first reactions from the frontlines
Here are some of the first reactions from folks on the frontlines here at Clean Water Action when they heard the President’s announcement that pending rules to crack down on health-harming ozone pollution would be shelved indefinitely:
We Can Fix the Clean Water Act
Drinking water for over 117 million Americans is at risk.
For much of the last decade, Clean Water Action has worked to restore Clean Water Act protections for many water bodies. In the wake of confusing Supreme Court decisions, the previous Administration gave in to special interest pressure and instituted policies that threaten many of the streams and wetlands which affect drinking water sources and which filter pollution and prevent flooding.
Thirsty?
our water & h.r.2018
- "We intend to make sure our members' voices are heard..."
- Find out your Rep voted on HR 2018
- Congress versus the Environment
- H.R. 2018 - the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011
- EPA's Legal Analysis of H.R. 2018
- A Temper Tantrum in Writing
- H.R. 2018 fact sheet
we have a problem:
H.R. 2018 Threatens Our Water
On July 13th the House passed “Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011”. h.r. 2018 reverses 40 years of progress. With out the framework of the Clean Water Act we will go back to a time when rivers caught fire, our lakes couldn't support marine life, and our health suffered.
Cosmetics Should be Safe!
Ask your Representative to Co-Sponsor HR2359, the Safe Cosmetics Act!
Did you know right now in the U.S. it's perfectly legal for there to be lead in lipstick and carcinogens in baby shampoo? Some of these chemicals don't even appear on product labels. This bill (H.R. 2359) would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority it needs to ensure that personal care products are free of harmful substances like lead, 1,4-dioxane and chemicals linked to cancer.
