Spotlight
Restoring Environmental Protections to America's Waters
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For those of us who value a clean and healthy environment, 2009 holds great promise. America's voters overwhelmingly elected new leaders on November 4, 2008. The 111th Congress will be sworn in on January 6, 2009, followed shortly by the Presidential Inauguration on January 20.
Clean Water Action believes the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) should be on top of the pile of pending legislation.
News
Water Use Reform
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For most of us, our great water system is both out of sight and out of mind. The system, however, has become a huge industry that binds huge sections of our country to the old centers of our cities and back to the life-giving rivers that run through them.
Clean Water Action Praises EPA Selection
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Washington, DC - Clean Water Action praised President-elect Obama'sannouncement today that he has selected NewJersey's Lisa Jackson to join his cabinet as head ofthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA).
Published On:12/16/2008 - 13:52
Protect the Chesapeake Bay
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The Chesapeake Bay is in trouble.
This is no longer news, but the recent meeting of the Chesapeake Executive Council (a decision-making body that includes the Governors of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, the Mayor of the District of Columbia and others) confirmed that the existing 2010 cleanup deadline will not be met. Participants in that meeting agreed that setting long term deadlines no longer made sense, and that our elected leaders of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed need to take short term actions with near term deadlines to accelerate progress.
What’s Good For the Environment is Good for America
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The expression used to be "What's good for General Motors is good for America" but current events suggests that expression may need retiring. While we watch our financial markets and the economy melt down, we continue to accept public policy decisions that prevent us from making the most important economic breakthrough in our history.
It's a fact: The country that achieves breakthroughs in generating clean, competitive renewable energy is the country that will dominate the world economy for decades.
