Well, Senator Mark Kirk is clearly no Jedi warrior. Last week he co-sponsored Senator John Barrasso’s dirty water bill, a bill that would kill EPA’s new Clean Water Rule. We love the Clean Water Rule, because it protects our smallest, yet most important streams and wetlands. These waters are currently providing drinking water for 1 in 10 Illinoisans. In fact, without the Clean Water Rule, 90% of the wetlands in the Great Lakes and many of the streams that feed the Lakes would be at risk of pollution and destruction.
By co-sponsoring the bill, Senator Kirk put the interests of polluting industries ahead of clean drinking water and healthy rivers. Senator Barrasso’s bill is a sham of a bill based on fear and greed and a lust for power-all expressions of the Dark Side of the Force.
We are dismayed that Senator Kirk joined the Dark Side, but it’s not too late, Senator. There’s still time to choose the light, to choose clean water and to protect the life force that sustains us all. Be a Jedi. Be #4cleanwater. Vote No on Barrasso’s #dirtywaterbill.
