Good news out of the Senate: An anti-clean water amendment to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) failed to get enough votes last week. But the bad news is that Senator Barrasso (R-WY) introduced his amendment to block Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action to close critical gaps in Clean Water Act protection [3] for our nation’s rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands in the first place. [link to our content]
Find out how your Senator voted [4] and send them a message today [5]!
Protect Water: Keep Toxic Chemicals Out
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Links:
[1] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/category/regions/national
[2] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/feature/attempting-block-clean-water-progress-there-they-us-senate-go-again
[3] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/feature/background-restoring-clean-water-act-protections
[4] http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00119#position
[5] http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2155/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13497
[6] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/feature/attempting-block-clean-water-progress-there-they-us-senate-go-again
[7] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/category/regions/national
[8] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/national-newsletter-spring-2013
[9] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/protect-water-keep-toxic-chemicals-out
[10] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/help-us-get-it-done
[11] http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2155/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13130
[12] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/coal-ash-pollution-time-action
[13] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/national-newsletter-spring-2013#WeStandWithGina
[14] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/goodbye-dirty-coal-massachusetts
[15] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/saving-water-and-dollars-texas
[16] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/tackling-trash-clean-water-action’s-bi-coastal-campaign
[17] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/put-drinking-water-first
[18] http://blog.cleanwateraction.org/2013/05/01/the-source-water-collaborative-celebrating-our-drinking-water-sources/
[19] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/files/publications/Clean Water Currents - Spring 2013.pdf
[20] http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2155/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13132
[21] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/protect-water-keep-toxic-chemicals-out
[22] http://www.cleanwateraction.org/publication/national-newsletter-spring-2013