Tell Your Senators to Vote NO on the Barrasso-Heller Dirty Water Amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill! 

This dirty water rider would block the Army Corps and EPA from taking critical regulatory action to restore Clean Water Act protections to streams, wetlands, and other important waters.

Background

Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, guaranteeing that all of the Nation's waters would be covered by a suite of pollution control programs.  In 2001 and 2006, Supreme Court decisions created uncertainty about whether certain kinds of waters are protected by the law, especially ones that are geographically "isolated" from others or ones that lack permanent flow.  

H.R. 3145, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2011, renews the Federal commitment to addressing our nation’s substantial needs for wastewater infrastructure by investing $13.8 billion over five years in wastewater infrastructure through the State Revolving Fund and other efforts to improve water quality. 

Dirty Water Voting Chart for U.S. House of Representatives, 112th Congress. To make this information more accessible and user friendly, CWN will be taking the data from the chart and posting it directly on the website and will eventually replace this attachment. If you have any questions or have difficulty accessing the chart please email cwnheadquarters@cwn.org.

Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) has introduced a dangerously weak bill for “regulating” coal ash disposal that would defy logic by allowing States to continue operating every leak-prone and high hazard toxic coal ash dump without requiring basic safeguards and virtually blocking EPA from stepping in to protect communities. 

With all the bad news on clean water lately, show your support for green infrastructure by signing on to a letter in support of the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2011 (H.R. 2030, S. 1115)! The letter is accessible through the link above.