Colorado
New Office Opens In Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO is now on the front line of Clean Water Action's community outreach aimed at putting into law the proposed federal Clean Water Restoration Act.
In April, Clean Water Action opened new offices in Fort Collins, focusing on one of the organization's top national priorities-cleaner, safer water. To date, neither of Colorado's Senators, Senator Allard and Senator Salazar, has supported Senate Bill 1870, which would restore Clean Water Act protections weakened by the Bush administration. The U.S. House version, H.R. 2421, has one Colorado co-sponsor, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CD-1).
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, approximately 3.5 million Colordao residents, or 85% of the state's population, receive their drinking water from sources now at risk because of Bush administration policies. Clean Water Action members have been sending letters to their Senators and Representatives urging them to co-sponsor the Clean Water Restoration Act.
