Tag: Clean Water Act
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Swim at Your Own Risk: Federal Government Fails to Prioritize Water Protection
The Clean Water Act is our nation’s fundamental safeguard for water. Yet tens of millions of wetland acres—which protect drinking water, and provide crucial flood protection and wildlife habitat—have been effectively cut out of Clean Water Act …
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House Votes to Fast Track Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
H.R. 3 marks the seventh time the House of Representatives has voted on a bill that would circumvent the nation’s most crucial environmental laws, in order to force approval of Keystone XL. But today’s vote saw fewer Representatives …
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Is Your State Home to One of the 20 Worst Water Polluters?
“This report reveals that a small number of entities account for much of the hazard posed by water pollution. By strengthening key environmental protections, we can begin to stop this toxic flood and ensure that communities have access to safe, clean, …
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Polluting Hog Farm Threatened With Lawsuit for Violations of Clean Water Act
WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE — The groups allege that swine waste has been mismanaged at the facility and is unlawfully being discharged into wetlands, ditches, streams, rivers and groundwater without a permit …
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How Big Oil Uses the Republican Party to Subvert American Democracy
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. — With low cost disruptive technologies like cheap, fast and efficient electric vehicles, and solar and wind technologies poised to displace Big Oil, the industry is using its hold on the Republican Party to permanently …