From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Scroll down for action. Over the past three years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a series of regulatory rollbacks to the Clean Water Act — a bedrock environmental law that protects our nation’s waterways.1 Under … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We have a huge chance to protect our drinking water. When we turn on the taps in our kitchens, none of us should have to worry that our water is tainted with toxic substances. Yet toxic PFAS … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Thousands of Pennsylvanians, from the Delaware Valley1 to Pittsburgh2 have had their drinking water contaminated with toxic PFAS. PFAS are a family of toxic chemicals that pose serious threats to human health. Research has linked PFAS to cancer, … Continued
From Environment America (https://environmentamerica.org/): WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a host of provisions today (July 12) to address widespread drinking water contamination from toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The annual defense spending bill would phase out the military’s … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Across the country, hundreds of communities have had their drinking water contaminated with toxic chemicals known as PFAS.1 This week, Congress will vote on legislation that would permanently curb a major source of this PFAS contamination: firefighting … Continued
From Food and Water Watch (http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/): A shocking Food & Water Watch study has unveiled a massive hidden water affordability crisis in the United States.1 In a first-of-its-kind survey, we contacted the two largest water systems in each state to … Continued
Everyone deserves access to safe, affordable, and reliable clean water, and water infrastructure is vital to our nation’s well-being. But decades of underfunding and poor management have pushed America to the brink of an infrastructure and human health crisis. As … Continued
By Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), Opinion Contributor — 02/16/18 02:30 PM EST 8 The Views Expressed By Contributors Are Their Own and Not the View of the Hill The Trump administration has pursued a dirty war on clean water. As a member … Continued
WASHINGTON (Feb. 6, 2018) – The Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Wildlife Federation today filed a lawsuit to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from illegally delaying implementation of the Clean Water Rule. … Continued
From River Network (https://www.rivernetwork.org/): Recently the federal law that protects water quality across the country, the Clean Water Act, hit a milestone – 45 years in place. Yet the protections guaranteed by the Clean Water Act are in jeopardy. The … Continued