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Call to support clean water
The Bush
administration has put in place a policy that eliminates basic
protections for many waterways, placing thousands of miles of streams
and millions of acres of wetlands at risk of unlimited development and
pollution.
Brief Summary
Over the last 30 years, we have made significant progress in
cleaning up our water, but we still have important work to do. Many of
America’s great waterways from the Mississippi River to the Chesapeake
Bay to the Great Lakes are struggling from too much pollution.
Instead
of improving the quality of our water, the Bush administration is
weakening water protections. The Bush administration has put in place a
No Protection policy for America’s waters that removes basic Clean
Water Act safeguards from small streams, wetlands and ponds that feed
and clean our great waters. The No Protection policy puts these
streams, wetlands and other waters at risk of unlimited development,
pollution and destruction.
Environment America is calling on
the Bush administration to drop the No Protection policy and for
Congress to restore the original intent of the Clean Water Act to
protect all waters in the U.S.
Additionally,
the Supreme
Court’s recent decision in Rapanos has left the extent of existing
clean
water protections in question. Absent some corrective action from
Congress, the Rapanos
decision could leave some vital wetlands, sensitive streams, and other
water bodies open to unregulated pollution, dredging or fill.
Environment America opposes any efforts by powerful developers and
other
polluters to weaken the Clean Water Act. We support efforts, local
state and federal to ensure clean and safe water supplies for all
Americans.
