spring 2012 edition

obama administration steps up

Making progress despite anti-environment Congress

2011 brought record numbers of attacks in Congress on fundamental water and health protections, and those attacks are continuing. Faced with a U.S. House that is the most hostile to environmental protection in decades, White House leadership has become indispensable. Bolstered by a steady stream of letters, faxes, calls and e-mails from Clean Water Action members and others, the
Administration has helped to block many of the worst proposals from becoming law.

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In April, EPA finalized controls on air pollution caused by new oil and gas operations, including fracking. In May, the agency proposed the first federal Safe Drinking Water Act protections around fracking.