EPA Proposes Biggest Step for Clean Water in a Decade
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in the biggest step forward for clean water in more than a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers proposed a rule to close loopholes in...
View Article300 Small Businesses Call for Restoring Clean Water Act Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business is set to hold a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed rule...
View ArticleEnergy and Water Appropriations Leadership Pushes for Dirty Water
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee voted to move forward with a spending bill that threatens America’s waterways by blocking Clean...
View ArticleSenate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee should Protect Clean Water
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up its spending bill. Last week, the House of Representatives Energy and Water Appropriations Committee...
View ArticleEPA takes steps to Protect Bristol Bay from Toxic Mining Wastes
Today the EPA has issued a new proposal that could lead to the protection of the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery
View ArticleAcross America, local waterways key to summer fun
From the Hudson River, to the Great Lakes, to San Francisco Bay, waterways across the country draw tens of millions of visitors each year, according to Environment America’s new state-by-state Summer...
View ArticleU.S. House blocks protections for 2 million miles of streams
Washington, DC - Two million miles of rivers and streams across the country could remain vulnerable to development and pollution, under a bill that won approval today by the U.S. House of...
View ArticleClean water groups highlight progress for Anacostia River, call for more...
On the heels of the 42nd anniversary of the Clean Water Act, a new report tells the story of how the bedrock environmental law has helped to restore and protect the Anacostia by reducing the amount of...
View ArticleMore than 740,000 Americans support clean water
Bladensburg, MD—More than 740,000 Americans support a plan to restore Clean Water Act protections to 2 million miles of rivers and streams, a coalition of conservation organizations and clean water...
View ArticleEPA takes steps to Protect Bristol Bay from Copper Mining
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiated a process under the Clean Water Act to identify appropriate options to protect the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery in...
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