Nick Littlejohn As you know, Barton Springs, the Guadalupe River, and the Gulf of
Mexico can only be as clean as the small streams that feed them and the
wetlands that help keep them clean. But in a bitterly divided Supreme
Court decision, Justice Scalia wrote thousand...s of small streams -- and
millions of acres of wetlands -- right out of the Clean Water Act.
This is crazy.
Now, if a company wants to dump toxic chemicals into one of
those streams, there is nothing the federal government can do to stop
them. In fact, the EPA says there are already 500 cases where
this misguided decision is making it difficult to impossible to stop
polluters who are degrading our waters.
The solution is simple: Restore the protection of the Clean Water Act
to all of these streams and wetlands -- indeed, to all of America's
waters.
That's what our petition asks Congress to do.
Click
here to sign the petition.
As you can imagine, overcoming the powerful polluters and
politicians who are standing in the way won'...Read More
Mexico can only be as clean as the small streams that feed them and the
wetlands that help keep them clean. But in a bitterly divided Supreme
Court decision, Justice Scalia wrote thousand...s of small streams -- and
millions of acres of wetlands -- right out of the Clean Water Act.
This is crazy.
Now, if a company wants to dump toxic chemicals into one of
those streams, there is nothing the federal government can do to stop
them. In fact, the EPA says there are already 500 cases where
this misguided decision is making it difficult to impossible to stop
polluters who are degrading our waters.
The solution is simple: Restore the protection of the Clean Water Act
to all of these streams and wetlands -- indeed, to all of America's
waters.
That's what our petition asks Congress to do.
Click
here to sign the petition.
As you can imagine, overcoming the powerful polluters and
politicians who are standing in the way won'...Read More
Source: www.environmenttexas.org
Join us in standing up for Barton Springs, the Guadalupe River and all of our waterways. Show our congressional delegation your support for full Clean Water Act protection for all of our lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands. Please sign the petition at right.
Nick Littlejohn
never mind the formatting- something to do with facebook or some software?
2 hours ago
Aaron Tarfman
thanks for posting this. what an important piece of info
2 hours ago
John Haskett
I just signed. Thanks for posting.
44 minutes ago
