On this World Water Day--March 22--join Waterkeeper Alliance in protecting the Clean Water Act for the health of our communities and the environment.
The Clean Water Act - one of our nation’s key pieces of environmental legislation - allows millions of American’s to reclaim our nation’s waterways and make them safe for swimming, drinking, and fishing. Sadly, the Clean Water Act is currently under attack.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has spent this year - ironically, the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act - relentlessly trying to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and our environmental laws.
One particularly egregious example would exempt pesticide applications in and around public waters from the Clean Water Act. Pesticides are designed to be toxic to living things. They contaminate drinking water and are especially harmful to fish and amphibian life.This bill has passed the House and is now pending in the US Senate.
Polluters have money and that buys political influence, but there's power in numbers. Together, we can fight back.
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