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Congress Declares War on Water
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
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Time and time again in the 112th Congress, we have seen attacks on federal regulations of mountaintop removal coal mining through our clean water laws. This week, the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act (HR 2018) will come to a vote in the US House of Representatives.
Tell your congressperson that HR 2018 is an attack on Appalachia, the environment, and human health:
http://ilovemountains.org/war-on-water
This bill would essentially roll back 40 years of protection established by the Clean Water Act, including provisions that grant the EPA the authority to regulate mountaintop removal coal mining. It would turn all of that power over to state agencies that are beholden to the powerful coal industry.
We cannot stand by and let this attack on your clean water go unnoticed. Contact your member of Congress today:
http://ilovemountains.org/war-on-water
While we realize we face an up hill battle in the House, we need to let it be known that we will not stand aside and allow continued destruction of the communities, land and water of Appalachia.
This is a fight we can absolutely win, and we expect this bill to be defeated in the Senate. But in order to do so, we need to demonstrate our opposition to this bill in the House.
Please take action today and ask your friends and family to do the same.
For the mountains,
Matt Wasson
iLoveMountains.org
