Ten Years of Clean Water Advocacy Victory: EPA Enacts Limits on Coal-Burning Power Plant Wastewater Pollution!
Last week’s announcement of Clean Water Act water pollution limits for wastewater from power plants that burn coal was the culmination of over ten years of Clean Water Action advocacy. During that time, we have published reports, prepared technical comments, and mobilized Clean Water Action members and the public to weigh in on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposals during three different comment periods.
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The Ag Connection
By Jennifer Clary, California Policy Associate A report released today by the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California Davis sheds provides the broadest look to date about the sources and solutions of nitrate contamination of groundwater in some of the most heavily farmed areas
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Booster-ism +
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications
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Fracking in Weld County
We’re used to a little booster-ism from our elected officials for the industries and causes they support (see all the wild and varying claims about the hundreds of thousands of jobs that could be created by the XL Pipeline)Colorado: new public disservice ads about oil and gas
By Amy Mall, NRDC This post was originally published at Switchboard , NRDC's staff blog There is something unusual about the latest newspaper and radio advertisements from the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA). While there is nothing new about the oil and gas industry spending money to
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The President's Budget - Do the Math
By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director Last week the President released his administration’s 2013 federal budget proposal. Even though there is some important math involved the main thrust of the proposal is about sending signals and setting priorities. In the face of the 191 bills and
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Would Rick Santorum Ban The Lorax?
By Gary Wockner, Colorado Program Director Originally published on the Huffington Post. Presidential candidate Rick Santorum's three-state sweep in the 2012 Republican caucuses this week throws the Republican race into disarray and also demonstrates just how wildly anti-environmental many
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It’s Time to Renew America’s Commitment to Clean Water
Maintain Our Clean Water Progress - Take Action Today
From our friends at National Wildlife Federation By Jan Goldman-Carter Our nation’s investment in clean water began forty years ago with the 1972 Clean Water Act – a bi-partisan congressional commitment to end the flagrant pollution of riversStay Informed
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