With a new distribution of federal power, we have our chance to restore the Clean Water Act and win important pollution regulations that can protect our water and our health.
Dangerous pollutants continue to flow into waterways across our country — and politicians are still following in former President Trump’s footsteps by neglecting to protect clean water.
If we truly want to course correct and reverse the damage caused by the last four years, we need to continue fighting like our future depends on it. Because it does.
Friend, that’s where you come in: We close our fiscal year on 6/30 at midnight and every gift will be matched before this deadline.
Our to-do list is long, but near its very top is restoring the Clean Water Act, which was passed nearly 50 years ago to address some of the worst pollution crises of 1972.
Implementation and enforcement have fallen woefully short of its original intent, leaving 70 percent of assessed U.S. lakes and reservoirs “impaired” by pollution: the waters we drink, fish from, and swim in, compromised by dangerous contaminants.
We’re seizing this moment to restore the Clean Water Act and protect American waterways, now working to ensure the Biden administration:
Specifies the Clean Water Act applies to most U.S. waterways
Strengthens pollution rules for factory farms
Controls pollution from contaminants that did not exist in 1972
