Four Decades
Get the Clean Water Card
Still No Uranium Mining
Protecting Our Natural Resources
keeping the ban on uranium mining in place
- Thirty years ago uranium was discovered in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
- The clear dangers resulted in the imposition of the ban soon after its discovery
- The mining would not only endanger local natural resources, but downstream drinking water supplies essential to life in southern Virginia.
- In January 2012 Governor Bob McDonnell, despite industry pressure, announced he opposed lifting the moratorium
- Clean Water Action members played a huge role – sending thousands of letters, making phone calls, and visiting Richmond to fight for the moratorium
Clean Water Policies
our wetlands and streams are at risk.
the president can do something about that.
Today, nearly 20 million acres of wetlands are at risk. Because they lack protection under the Clean Water Act, these vital parts of our water infrastructure are vulnerable to destruction by unaccountable polluters. The President has proposed to fix this problem and protect ALL of our wetlands. We support him and we need you to join us.
Safe Chemicals Now!
Action is needed to protect American families from toxic chemicals.Early puberty, childhood cancer, infertility, learning and developmental disabilities are rising at alarming rates. Studies show links between toxic chemicals we’re exposed to every day and many of these negative health trends. Almost all pregnant women in America contain toxic chemicals in their bodies.
This is unacceptable. Tell Congress to Act Now.
Protect Our Drinking Water from Fracking!
Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake
In 1983, 1987 and 2000, Maryland Governors and their counterparts in Virginia, the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed signed formal agreements that set timelines for cleaning up the Bay. The most recent agreement called for deadlines that were to be met by 2010. That deadline will not be met. Clean Water Action supported the strongest possible version of this latest agreement, understanding that we would continue fighting for the enforcement of the Clean Water Act as the likeliest means restoring the Bay.