On AlterNet: clean water act

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Big Coal's Watergate? Nation Watches as Clean Water Act Scandal Rocks Kentucky Court Today

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. January 27, 2011.

Extraordinary investigative work turned up over 20,000 incidences of Clean Water Act violations by three coal companies. Now will they finally be held accountable?

Why Do We Treat Our Seas, Lakes and Rivers Like Sewers?

Kerry Trueman, Green Fork Blog. March 11, 2010.

Nobody wants to wallow in somebody else's waste -- or our own, for that matter. So why do we continue to use our valuable freshwater resources as a dumping ground?

US Coal Plants Dump Thousands of Gallons of Waste Into Drinking Water Supplies a Day

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. October 13, 2009.

Millions of people get their drinking water from rivers and lakes polluted by the coal industry.

How EPA Can Use the Clean Water Act to Help End Mountaintop Removal Mining

Jeff Biggers, The Nation. September 16, 2009.

An important announcement from EPA about mountaintop mining may mean there's hope for Appalachia's waterways.

The Health of Our Society Is Mirrored in the Health of Our Rivers

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. June 30, 2009.

As long as we see rivers as something to be consumed or treated as a dump, we will never be a healthy society.

New Bill Would Restore Clean Water Act Protections

Clean Water ActionApril 7, 2009.

In total, 59 percent of the nation's waterways and millions of acres of wetlands are currently at risk.

Why the EPA May Be About to Take Big Steps to Clean Up Our Water

Yee Huang, Center for Progressive Reform. April 1, 2009.

EPA may help the protection of water by reviving a much-discussed but ill-fated rule to regulate water pollution from non-point sources.

Clean Water Protection Act: The Best Bet for Ending Devastating Mining Practices

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. March 23, 2009.

The first shot has been fired in the legislative battle to end the devastating practice of mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia.

New Report: Clean Water Protections Are Failing

Sierra ClubDecember 17, 2008.

The policies the Bush administration adopted are undermining pollution protection of our wetlands, rivers and streams.

Bush Administration Covered Up 500+ Blocked Water Pollution Cases

Environment News ServiceDecember 17, 2008.

New evidence shows that hundreds of Clean Water Act violations have not been pursued with enforcement actions and the inaction covered up.

Palin's Trajectory to National Prominence Powered by her Anti-Environmentalism

Carl Pope, Huffington Post. October 24, 2008.

Her campaign was born because of her defiance of the Clean Water Act.

Rocket fuel, Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals Swirl in America's Troubled Waters (Video)

Harry Hanbury, American News Project. May 26, 2008.

Polluters dump about 240 million pounds of toxins into our waterways each year, and the effects on our environment could be disastrous.

Our Drinkable Water Supply Is Vanishing

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 11, 2007.

Thanks to global warming, pollution, population growth, and privatization, we are teetering on the edge of a global crisis.