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Congress debates our water
Editor’s note: This post was updated with new links on 7.18.11
Today the US House of Representatives will vote on a bill that we call a “temper tantrum in writing.” It will overturn key parts of the Clean Water Act because some Members of Congress don’t like recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) efforts to protect our water resources. And it’s not just us saying that.
Stand up to the Dirty Water Caucus now!
The Congressional Research Service had this to say about The Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 (H.R. 2018).
While Congress has regularly registered concerns with regulatory initiatives of EPA and other federal agencies and sometimes considers legislative proposals to alter or de-fund an agency’s ability to implement a particular regulatory program, it is highly unusual for Congress to advance legislation that would broadly alter the federal-state partnership in order to address dissatisfaction with specific actions by EPA or another agency
There’s still time to weigh in with your elected officials on this. Please stand up for clean water.
Posted on July 13, 2011 | Filed Under Global Warming and a New Energy Economy, Healthy, Safer Families and Communities, Making Democracy Work, Protecting America's Waters | 1 Comment
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As usual, corporate interests are way ahead of what is good and healthy. When will the madness stop?