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Colorado Currents|online, Summer 2009 - Update
In this issue of Colorado Currents|online:
Protecting Water Quality, Protecting Rivers
Clean Water Action is helping to lead the fight to protect water quality in the Cache la Poudre River and Colorado River basins. Multiple dam and reservoir projects are planned that will severely impact water quality and river health in both basins.
Passing the Clean Water Restoration Act
Colorado Currents|Online, Summer 2009 - Update
Clean Water Action has been knocking and rocking the Front Range of Colorado to help pass the Clean Water Restoration Act!
Protecting Water Quality, Protecting Rivers
Colorado Currents|Online, Summer 2009 - Update
Clean Water Action is helping to lead the fight to protect water quality in the Cache la Poudre River and Colorado River basins. Multiple dam and reservoir projects are planned that will severely impact water quality and river health in both basins.
Colorado Currents|Online, Summer 2009
In this issue of Colorado Currents|Online:
Protecting Northern Colorado from Uranium Mining
From February-April, Clean Water Action's community outreach staff educated members in Ft. Collins about what they could do to help protect northern Colorado from uranium mining. The proposed nearby uranium mines by the Canadian company, Powertech, are still moving forward and are expected to apply for permits in the summer of 2009.
Environmental Success in the Colorado Legislature!
Colorado Currents|Online, Summer 2009
Three important environmental bills have successfully passed through the Colorado legislature that will help protect Colorado’s landscapes, create jobs, and jumpstart transit funding.
Colorado Faster
The "Colorado Faster" bill was passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Ritter. This bill will provide much-needed new funding for Colorado’s transportation infrastructure that will include $5 million per year to be allocated to the State Transit and Rail Fund for grants to local governments for local transit projects. Colorado Faster will also help save or create 10,000 jobs in the transportation industry.
Clean Water Restoration Act and Hard Rock Mining Act opportunities for our federal legislators!
Colorado Currents|Online, Summer 2009
Clean Water Action is leading the charge to encourage Colorado’s Congressional delegation to co-sponsor and support two important federal bills this year in Congress.
Clean Water Restoration Act
Thousands of miles of Colorado streams and rivers are currently at risk of losing protections. By supporting the Clean Water Restoration Act, our Congressional leaders can help put us back on the path toward protecting all of our drinking water, lakes, rivers and streams. The Clean Water Restoration Act was recently introduced into the U.S. Senate and we hope a companion bill will be introduced this summer.
Other Publications
Everglades for All
In March 2010, Clean Water Fund released Everglades for All.
Over 1,500 Florida residents participated in our survey which was intended to get a pulse on how the public and diverse constituency groups feel about ongoing outreach and historic Everglades restoration efforts.
This survey revealed new opportunities for relationship building and will hopefully increase public input on key decisions in Everglades restoration.
Over 1,500 Florida residents participated in our survey which was intended to get a pulse on how the public and diverse constituency groups feel about ongoing outreach and historic Everglades restoration efforts.
Turning Up the Heat: Exposing the manufacturers' lackluster mercury thermostat collection program
Turning Up the Heat exposes the dismal results of the manufacturers’
voluntary mercury thermostat collection program. The Thermostat
Recycling Corporation (TRC) has collected less than 5% of the
approximately 100 tons of mercury from mercury thermostats
removed from service in the last decade. The collection program in
Rhode Island is below the national average for preventing mercury
pollution from thermostats and far behind the national leaders. The
report recommends that states adopt strong laws, with financial
incentives and performance standards for recycling mercury thermostats,
to drastically improve the TRC program and prevent mercury pollution.
Environmental Groups Ask That Climate Bill Include Energy Efficiency
October 30, 2009
The Honorable Barbara Boxer, Chair
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
410 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
RE: Require Efficiency Investment of at least 1/3 of Allowance Value Given to Electric Utilities
Dear Chairwoman Boxer:
Safer Technology: The Only Solution When Security Fails
The potential for fatalities and economic disruption from an attack on one of these plants is staggering. A 2001 U.S. Army Surgeon General study estimated that in densely populated areas 900,000 to 2.4 million people could be killed or injured in a terrorist attack on a U.S. chemical plant in a densely populated area.