Subject: The Long, Hot Summer of Dirty Water
From: Clean Water Action <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:51:45 -0400 (EDT)

It's all about Clean Water - Except in Congress

Dear Mary,

We have a problem. Congress stopped protecting our water. End the Summer of Dirty Water now, http://bit.ly/qKtpxJ!

The Summer of Dirty Water is going to be long and hot.. U.S. House leaders are doubling down on their outrageous and unprecedented attacks on programs that protect public health and natural resources. Targets include critical government responsibilities to ensure clean water and clean air.

Last week, the House approved the "Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011" (H.R. 2018) by a vote of 239-184. This Dirty Water bill will undermine 40 years of progress to keep our waters clean.  Find out how your Representative voted, http://1.usa.gov/nEgOMV, and tell them what you think of their vote,http://bit.ly/qKtpxJ.

We're fighting back.  With your help, Clean Water Action is taking aggressive action to defeat HR 2018 in the Senate and to defend other important protections. For example, the Dirty Water Caucus has targeted positive efforts by the Obama Administration to clarify that all bodies of water, from lakes to streams to brooks, should be protected by the Clean Water Act.  We need to support this initiative and keep Congress from halting progress, http://bit.ly/qKtpxJ.

Members of Congress who voted for the bill will be under increasing scrutiny. Clean Water Action is also working to make sure EPA has the tools it needs to protect our water and our health. We need your help right now. Please join our campaign to stand up to the Dirty Water Caucus in Congress, http://bit.ly/qKtpxJ.

Congress passed the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972 because they knew that dirty water harms people's health, undermines strong economies and kills jobs. H.R. 2018 is a return to the days of inadequate state and local laws that led to rivers on fire and streams running with untreated sewage.  Let's make sure we don't go back in time.  Please join us today, http://bit.ly/qKtpxJ.

-Lynn
Lynn Thorp
National Programs Coordinator

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