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Registration Open for CWN Regional Caucus on Oil, Mining & Gas Water Pollution in the Lower Mississippi River Basin

July 7, 2010

Clean Water Network News

The Clean Water Network is excited to announce its next regional caucus, "Oil, Mining and Gas (OMG) Water Pollution in the Lower Mississippi River Basin." The caucus, scheduled for September 15-16, 2010, will take place in Little Rock, Arkansas. This interactive event will explore water pollution issues relating to a wide range of mining and drilling practices including hydraulic fracturing. The caucus will also feature a timely session on the Gulf spill disaster, to update participants on specific issues related to clean up and recovery.

Endangered Rivers Nominations for 2011 Now Being Accepted!

September 3, 2010

Member News

Every year, CWN member organization American Rivers generates a list of America's Most Endangered RiversTM. Ten rivers are selected each year for inclusion in the list, not because they are the most polluted, but rather because they are facing a turning point in the coming year that could negatively impact the river into the future.

Massive Egg Recall Reveals Shortcomings in Safety Standards Governing Farm Operations

August 23, 2010

Newspaper Article

Two Iowa egg producers have been forced to recall more than half a billion eggs following a salmonella outbreak that has sickened close to 1,000 people. According to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, the companies involved fell short of safety standards at their farms. On Sunday, Hamburg told CNN, "there's no question these farms involved in the recall were not operating with the standards of practice we consider responsible." The salmonella outbreak has been traced back to two Iowa egg farms, Hillandale farms and Wright County Egg.

EPA Releases Draft Strategy for Clean Water

August 20, 2010

Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 20, 2010

EPA Releases Draft Strategy for Clean Water

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting the public to comment on the agency's draft strategy to protect and restore our nation's lakes, streams and coastal waters. The strategy, "Coming Together for Clean Water: EPA's Strategy for Achieving Clean Water," is designed to chart EPA's path in furthering EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's key priority of protecting America's waters.

CWN Submits Comments to Army Corps of Engineers on Fargo-Moorehead Flood Risk Management Project

August 10, 2010

Member News

Yesterday the Clean Water Network, along with a number of individual groups within the Network, submitted comments to the Army Corps of Engineers on the Draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement on the Fargo-Moorehead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project on the Red River of the North. The comments call for the Corps to depart from the traditional structural approach diversion canal favored in the draft EIS, and instead fully-evaluate and implement a more modern restoration solution. These modern solutions can solve the flooding issues in these communities at a fraction of the cost, while generating ancillary social, economic, environmental and public health benefits.

Click HERE to read the full comments submitted.