Dec 2, 2020 | Dirty Water Rule, Partners, Water
A revision to the Clean Water Act threatens up to 25,000 miles of rivers and streams in the James River watershed that provide clean drinking water to 2.7 million Virginians. Photo Credit: Meghan Marchetti / The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Since...
Aug 1, 2019 | Clean Water Rule, Dirty Water Rule, Partners, Water
This was originally posted at NRDC.org By Jon Devine, Director, Federal Water Policy, Water Division, Nature Program at NRDC Nineteen sixty-nine was a pretty big year. This week in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts traveled to and walked on the moon. That same year, the...
Jun 11, 2019 | Clean Water Rule, Dirty Water Rule, Fact Sheets, Water
The public responded to the Trump administration’s proposal to radically redefine the Clean Water Act to strip protections from streams and wetlands with a resounding “No”. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) only provided 45 days for public comment, but more...
Jun 5, 2019 | Clean Water Rule, Dirty Water Rule, Other Publications, Partners
By Bob Wendelgass, President and CEO, Clean Water Action This was originally published by The Hill, here With the start of summer, America’s kids will be swimming, fishing and enjoying the great outdoors. An important federal rule ensures the safety of those local...
Jun 5, 2019 | Clean Water Rule, Dirty Water Rule, Infographics, Other Publications, Partners
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director, Clean Water Action This was originally published on Clean Water Action’s blog, here. The Trump/Wheeler Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is dismantling critical parts of the Clean Water Act one by one. Cumulatively...
Apr 16, 2019 | Clean Water Rule, Dirty Water Rule, Partners, Press Release, Water
Clean Water for All Coalition mobilizes more than 500,000 comments opposed to EPA’s plan to strip protections for streams and wetlands Read the letter from 155 NGOs opposing the Dirty Water Rule Washington, D.C. — A broad coalition of equity-focused,...
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