Absurd effort to gut the Clean Water Act,

upsidedeheadPost Master

initiated by Republican legislators. If any such bill reaches the President, he will veto it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/opinion/15fri4.html

http://action.sierraclub.org/s....0&dlv_id=181491

"Introduced less than four weeks ago, the House of Representatives held no legislative hearings on the bill and rushed to approve it, apparently to avoid giving it the scrutiny it deserves."

http://www.tu.org/press_releas...-the-clean-water-act

http://www.dcbureau.org/201102...water-in-budget.html

SHAME!

Fortunately, this abomination will die in the Senate!

Read the text of the bill here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c112:3:./temp/~c112eRc7Nb::

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The PropagandistPost Master

Cuyahoga River fire galvanized clean water and the environment as a public issue

Published: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 6:00 AM Updated: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 6:02 AM

By Michael Scott, The Plain Dealer

When the oily, murky and sluggish waterway caught fire in June 1969, it not only caught the attention of a previously indifferent industrial nation -- it also ignited an already smoldering ecological movement.

That movement toward environmental responsibility included the first Earth Day and passage of the federal Clean Water Act of 1972, still the most influential water improvement measure on the books.

http://www.cleveland.com/scien...fire_galvanized.html

The river before the Clean Water Act

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