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| 2010-03-04 | |
| Today, Senators Carl Levin (MI), George Voinovich (OH) and several other members of Congress announced the introduction of a bipartisan bill to authorize several programs to protect and restore the Great Lakes and provide $650 million annually in funding. The Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act of 2010 will fund projects to remove contaminated sediments from the lakes, control invasive species, reduce pollution and restore fish and wildlife habitat. | |
| 2010-02-10 | |
| PennEnvironment, Erie County Environmental Coalition and Gaia Defense League applauded the recent agreement regarding ongoing Clean Water Act violations by the Millcreek Township Sewer Authority and their suit against the facility. | |
| 2010-02-09 | |
| Richmond – Americans use more than 100 billion plastic and paper bags every year, but we recycle less than 5 percent of those bags. Many of these bags end up in landfills, and even worse millions end up floating around our waterways clogging the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers, lakes and streams that feed into it. This morning, a three member subcommittee of the House of Delegates voted against a bill that would have taken steps to reduce waste from these bags in the Commonwealth. | |
| 2010-01-27 | |
| Environment Rhode Island declared a critical victory for Newport beaches today, as the Town of Middletown agreed to take steps to end its illegal sewage and stormwater pollution. These steps were part of a proposed settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by Environment Rhode Island and four local residents to enforce the Clean Water Act. | |
| 2010-01-11 | |
| n what could well be the largest outpouring of public comments on the Chesapeake Bay, Environment Maryland reported that 43,140 bay area residents wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demanding they take stronger action to protect the bay. | |
| 2009-12-01 | |
| In the face of ongoing environmental damage and public health threats posed by Marcellus Shale drilling, a statewide environmental advocacy group released a new policy blueprint today that will tackle these challenges as drilling continues across the Commonwealth. | |
| 2009-11-09 | |
| “What the bay desperately needs is strong, federal leadership to hold all polluters accountable. What we saw today was the EPA taking a step backward and not reaping the full potential of this new process,” said Tommy Landers, Policy Advocate for Environment Maryland. | |
| 2009-10-21 | |
| Industrial facilities dumped 232 million pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s waterways, according to a report released today by Environment America: "Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act." The report also finds that toxic chemicals were discharged in 1,900 waterways across all 50 states. | |
| 2009-10-16 | |
| Americans, we care deeply about clean water. Our rivers, lakes, streams, and bays are at the heart of America’s natural heritage. These are the beaches where our children play, the places where ospreys and eagles make their homes, and the waters we draw upon to drink. And that is why Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972 – to ensure that these waters would be clean for generations to come. | |
| 2009-09-16 | |
| Environment America today released a report on the impacts of an unhealthy Chesapeake Bay for the area's commercial fishing industry. The report comes as Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are considering ways to jumpstart bay restoration efforts. | |
| 2009-09-16 | |
| As the House Natural Resources Committee holds hearings on reforms to the nation’s oil and gas program, more than 160 community and national organizations across the country signed on to a letter of support for passage of legislation that would protect drinking water from the growing impacts of hydraulic fracturing, a process used in most natural gas drilling projects. | |
| 2009-09-10 | |
| The Environmental Protection Agency and six other federal agencies this morning released draft reports outlining a new plan of action to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Environment America applauded this commitment by the Environmental Protection Agency to enhance accountability in Bay restoration. | |
| 2009-09-01 | |
| Environment Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) today presented the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with over 19,000 signatures from Maryland and Virginia residents urging strong federal action to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. This comes one week before the EPA is scheduled to release a new clean-up report called for by President Obama. | |
| 2009-08-11 | |
| On Tuesday, August 11, over four hundred concerned citizens urged a top EPA official to commit to enforceable pollution limits in upcoming Chesapeake Bay clean-up plans. Chuck Fox, Senior Advisor to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, heard from the crowd of Marylanders that it is past time for effective accountability in our restoration efforts and all eyes are on EPA. | |
| 2009-07-15 | |
| Today, the Bend Bulletin of 1913’s dreams are fulfilled. The ink of C.E.S. Wood’s poetry hardens to the page. Governor Tom McCall wins a 36-year battle. And Governor Kulongoski signs a bill. | |
| 2009-07-02 | |
| With central Texas suffering from one of the worst droughts in a century, lake levels at Lake Travis and spring flows at Barton Springs have fallen to alarming levels, causing many Texans to rethink their 4th of July weekend plans. A group of environmental advocates and small business owners called on the Austin City Council to protect Lake Travis and Barton Springs by significantly increasing investments in water conservation. | |
| 2009-06-22 | |
| The highly-controversial-turned-wildly-popular Jordan Lake cleanup bill is now headed to the Governor’s desk. | |
| 2009-06-18 | |
| Environment America praised the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, including Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), for today’s 12-7 vote for passage of the Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787). | |
| 2009-06-17 | |
| Surviving the NC Department of Transportation’s attempts last week to stall it, the Jordan Lake Protection plan won unanimous approval from Senate lawmakers today. | |
| 2009-06-17 | |
| Surviving the NC Department of Transportation’s attempts last week to stall it, the Jordan Lake Protection plan won unanimous approval from Senate lawmakers today. | |
| 2009-06-09 | |
| Senate committee today approved a measure to restore and protect Jordan Lake, the drinking water reservoir that draws over a million visitors each year. | |
| 2009-06-09 | |
| Today is step forward for common sense and safety of our drinking water. Our leaders are taking a necessary step to balance energy development with protecting our scarce water resources. | |
| 2009-05-14 | |
| Environment America applauds the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for voting to extend the nation’s most critical funding programs to keep our rivers, lakes, bays and beaches free from pollution and to ensure safe drinking water for all Americans. | |
| 2009-05-12 | |
| President Barack Obama issued an executive order today creating a Federal Leadership Committee to manage efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. | |
| 2009-05-12 | |
| House lawmakers voted 106-8 today for a proposal to restore and protect Jordan Lake, the drinking water reservoir in Chatham County that draws over a million visitors each year. | |
| 2009-04-27 | |
| Comments by Environment America Senior Attorney John Rumpler on the Obama administration’s determination that the mountaintop coal mining “stream buffer zone rule” issued by the Bush administration in December 2008 is legally defective. | |
| 2009-01-12 | |
| Today at the Wisconsin Capitol, bi-partisan legislation was introduced to restrict phosphorous in lawn fertilizer. The bill, backed by Wisconsin Environment and authored by Senators Mark Miller and Rob Cowles and Representatives Spencer Black and Gary Bies is a common sense measure to help protect Wisconsin’s lakes from algae blooms. | |
| 2008-09-28 | |
| Environment America applauds Reps. Ehlers (Mich.) and Oberstar (Minn.), Sens. Levin (Mich.) and Voinovich (Ohio) and the U.S. Congress for passing bipartisan legislation to clean up toxic contamination in the Great Lakes. | |
| 2008-09-26 | |
| Environment America applauds Senators Levin (Mich.) and Voinovich (Ohio) and the U.S. Senate for passing legislation yesterday to clean up toxic contamination in the Great Lakes. | |
| 2008-09-23 | |
| Environment America applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for voting (390 to 25) to pass the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin Water Resources Compact (S.J.Res. 45), which ensures more sustainable use of Great Lakes water. The compact addresses challenges such as growing demand for water and increased pressure to divert water from the lakes. | |
