What Scott Pruitt Means for Clean Water

By Jennifer Peters, Water Programs Director – Clean Water Action It’s no secret that Scott Pruitt, the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, is no fan of the Clean Water Rule (or any EPA regulation for that matter), commonsense safeguards to...

How Serious Are We About Protecting Clean Water?

By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director for Clean Water Action One year ago this week, we welcomed the Obama Administration’s completion of an important piece of clean water business.  For over a decade, Clean Water Action has worked with allies to fix a policy...

By Jenifer Collins, Associate Legislative Representative, Earthjustice My childhood was spent on the water. From the time I was born until I graduated from college, I lived within walking distance of a lake or river. Growing up in Florida, I spent countless hours...

Despite a Policy Victory, Another Year Without Clean Water

By Jimmy Hague, Director of the Center for Water Resources, TRCP Why aren’t we celebrating the one-year anniversary of better protections for headwater streams and wetlands? Today marks one year since the EPA and Army Corps finalized and signed the Clean Water Rule,...