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Federal Judge Strikes Down Administration’s Clean Water Act Attack

August 16, 2018

“Today’s decision affirms that rule of law, not politics, must dictate how regulatory decisions are made,” said Jennifer Peters, Clean Water Action’s National Water Programs director. “The Clean Water Rule was adopted with tremendous public support, a fact the Trump administration cannot brazenly ignore. The Administration should immediately scrap its plan to strip critical Clean Water Act protections for certain streams and wetlands and instead ensure all our nation's waters are safeguarded from harmful pollution.”

Oppose Kavanaugh Press Conference_August 2018_Photo by Amy Goldsmith

Clean Water Action Statement on the Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court

August 6, 2018

Brick, NJ--Clean Water Action's New Jersey State Director, Amy Goldsmith, spoke out about the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court at a press conference at Trader’s Cove Marina hosted by US Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker, along with other environmental groups. The

Clean Water Action Statement on Family Separation and the Indefinite Detention of Families Seeking Asylum.

June 22, 2018

We condemn, in the strongest terms, the separation of families and demand that separated children be reunited with their families immediately.

Enbridge’s Line 5 Tunnel Scheme Endangers Great Lakes, Michigan Jobs

“Michigan does not need Line 5, yet our state bears all the risks associated with a devastating Line 5 oil spill and gets next to nothing in return,” said Sean McBrearty, Clean Water Action’s Michigan Program Organizer.

Oil Companies on the Section 45Q Tax Credit: Take the Money and Run

May 21, 2018

“This is not a minor reporting error. This looks like flagrant noncompliance with a fundamental requirement that gauges the efficacy of carbon capture and storage technology as a climate mitigation tool. 45Q is close to useless without secure geological storage. The industry just took the money and ran,” said John Noel, National Oil & Gas Program Director.

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