~Tell Congress: Stop Dirty Water Provisions in the Budget Legislation Act now to protect clean water | Nicolas A. Tonelli Right now, corporate lobbyists for building construction and factory farm interests are putting pressure on Members of Congress to support attempts to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to restore long-standing protections under the Clean Water Act. The EPA and the Army Corps’ proposed Clean Water Rule would clarify what waters are – and what waters are not – protected under the Clean Water Act. Despite thirty years of comprehensive protections under the law, two Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006 made it unclear whether small streams and wetlands were still protected. This leaves the small streams and wetlands that contribute to the drinking water of 117 million Americans, store floodwaters, and filter out pollutants vulnerable to pollution.~
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:51:35 +0000
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