Trash Incineration Pushed Back
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Trash Incineration Pushed to the Back Burner Again
Letters to Senators
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
- 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.