Update Aug 2: Congress is now adjourning for their summer break until September 6. Many of the dirty water bills and riders that are listed below are now on hold. However, many representatives and senators go back to their districts/states to talk to their constituents, if you have the opportunity, tell them to oppose all the […]
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Still Time to Tell Congress to Let the EPA Do Their Job!
Please call your representative TODAY to ask them to vote against HR 1391, a bad bill that limits EPA’s authority to regulate coal ash! A fortunate delay by the House Energy and Commerce Committee (HECC) gives us another chance to tell our elected officials to back off and let EPA do their job in protecting […]
Pressing President Obama for Stronger Water Resource Planning
Prairie Rivers Network and Partners Press Obama Administration for Better Water Resource Planning U.S. Army Engineers open the Morganza Spillway , Morganza, MS, to relieve pressure on the flood waters of the Mississippi River, on Saturday, May 15, 2011. Source: flickr/US Army Corp of Engineers Photo. The 2011 floods and their aftermath will be a fact […]
Action Alert: Stop the War on Clean Water
Assault on Clean Water Act Under Way in Congress Forty years ago, the Clean Water Act was established to protect our nation’s waters and wetlands from pollution and destruction. Recently, two Supreme Court decisions have made it difficult for the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to fully safeguard our waters. Oil spills, […]
Update on Clean Water Funding Fairness Bill
After months of intense activity, the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session came to a screeching halt May 31, 2011. Prairie Rivers Network and our colleagues worked until the end to pass S.B. 1682, a bill that would establish a permit fee for livestock operations that discharge pollution into a river or stream. Unfortunately, legislator absences […]
