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...
Apr 15, 2020 | Infrastructure, Water
Download the PDF here April 14, 2020 Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Leader Hoyer, and Leader McCarthy, As the nation grapples with the worst public health and economic crisis we have seen in a century, Congress must take action to ensure that...
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...
Jul 29, 2019 | Algal outbreaks/Nutrient pollution, Other Publications, Water
This was originally published in the Sun Herald on July 28. 2019 As Mississippi assesses Tropical Storm Barry’s impacts, coastal excursions are diminished because harmful toxic algal blooms have closed every beach in the state. More than an unfortunate situation,...
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...
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