Residents in West Virginia fill jugs with water trucked in by various organizations. The chemical spill affected more than 300,000 people in nine counties, including the state’s capital of Charleston.

On January 9, a devastating chemical spill from a Freedom Industries tank poisoned the drinking water for over 300,000 people in West Virginia. Across nine counties, residents lost access to safe drinking water and hundreds became immediately sick.

It is no secret that Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, the WV legislature, and the WV Department of Environmental Protection have worked to undercut protections for people’s health and the environment in favor of the coal, gas and chemical industries.

There must be a change in the way industry does business in West Virginia. The federal government must hold the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection accountable for its inability to protect safe drinking water.

Sign the petition, and tell the Obama Administration that West Virginia’s leaders cannot be trusted to stand up for the health of the communities they represent.