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Clean Water Currents | Spring 2012
clean water currents
Administration has helped to block many of the worst proposals from becoming law.
spring 2012 edition
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obama administration steps up
Making progress despite anti-environment Congress
Administration has helped to block many of the worst proposals from becoming law.
EPA Action on Fracking:
Safe Drinking Water Act tools being brought to bear
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.
California Currents | Winter 2011
california currents
winter 2011 edition
Inside
getting to the source of plastics and trash in our waterways
Clean Water Action wanted to know where all the plastics and trash in the world’s oceans and inland waterways, such as the San Francisco Bay, are coming from. Research has long held that 80% of ocean debris is generated from land-based sources. It enters waterways through the storm drain system or gets blown into waterways from open garbage dumps and trash containers. But where is all that trash originating? There research just wasn’t there.
Phasing Out Foam Food Containers:
Support SB 568 (Lowenthal)
Clean
Water Action is working at both the local and state levels to get rid
of foam food containers — a bad actor in the marine environment. Small
pieces of foam evade litter cleanup and are mistaken for food by all
kinds of marine wildlife.
Polystyrene foam (incorrectly referred to as Styrofoam™ — a material
used for transport packaging) is bad for the environment and toxic too.
Colorado Currents | Winter
colorado currents
winter 2011/2012 edition
Inside
frack attack across colorado's front range!
Northern Colorado, home base to Colorado Clean Water Action in Fort Collins, is in the midst of the biggest fracking boom in the United States. Weld County, just east of Fort Collins, has more active oil and gas wells than any county in the U.S, with nearly 18,000 wells. As a geologic formation called the “Niobrara Shale” is drilled for oil and gas, 10,000 to 20,000 more wells could be added. The Niobrara is a deep shale rock layer that requires hydraulic fracking to get out the oil and gas. As is the case with shale gas fracking across the U.S., the issue is extremely controversial in northern Colorado. Recently, cities and counties up and down the Front Range have been dealing with the consequences of drilling and fracking.Florida Currents | Winter
florida currents
winter 2011/2012 edition
good new for the everglades!
The final months of 2011 have brought exciting news for the future of Everglades restoration. A fully restored Everglades ecosystem will strengthen the economy and improve water quality and quality of life for people across South Florida. All of these benefits are now much closer to being realized.
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Clean Water Action’s new POWER campaign “is about real people in communities across Florida sending a message to local, state, and federal lawmakers." “We want elected officials to represent our health and well-being
regardless of partisan affiliation or political aspirations. It is about
stepping up and taking back our basic rights..." - Kathy Aterno
Texas Currents | Winter 2011
texas currents
winter 2011 edition
Inside
is it dry enough for you?
Epic Drought: A Wake-Up Call for Conservation Planning
For more than two years now, Clean Water Action has been sounding the alarm about the looming water crisis. Continued population growth in Texas, a warming climate and fre-quent drought all prove the urgency of the need. Communities must ramp up water conservation programs now.
Austin and other Central Texas cities need to shift their spending on expensive new water treatment and distribu-tion infrastructure to smarter investments in using available water supplies more efficiently. Clean Water Action has made this case repeatedly in meetings with decision makers across the region.