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A successful 2011
We were able to make exciting progress in protecting our water and our health in 2011. With you at our side, Clean Water Action is going to be even stronger in 2012.
2011, which was shaping up to be dominated by attacks on environmental programs, ended being the Year of the Clean Water Advocate. It’s amazing how hard you and other Clean Water Action members worked to protect water for ALL of us. With your support and advocacy we made a powerful statement in 2011.
Update the Clean Water Act
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.
Update the Clean Water Act
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.
ALL our Water
EPA's Lisa Jackson on protecting ALL our waters!
The Senate is pulling out the dictionaries for a debate over our water. The question they have to answer is whether "ALL" means "everything" or whether it means "only things that aren't inconvenient". Seriously, we're not kidding. Polluting interests continue to oppose the Administration’s efforts to clarify that ALL bodies of water are protected by the Clean Water Act. Now they’re forcing a vote in the U.S. Senate.
Find out what the amendment to H.R. 2354 means. Tell your Senators: Don't let December become a polluter free-for-all. Keep anti-environmental amendments and riders off of year-end bills.
Defend The Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act was passed in 1972 to protect all of the nation's waters. Under pressure from polluters and in the wake of murky Supreme Court rulings, the Bush Administration allowed polluters to misuse and pollute many lakes, rivers and streams.
But we have a chance make sure that all of America's waters are protected. It's called the Clean Water Restoration Act.
Fighting Drugs In Drinking Water
The United States has some of the best drinking water in the world. So you might think that we know what effect trace amounts of pharmaceuticals have on humans and wildlife once they end up in our water, but we don't.