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Senate Moves to Protect America's Waters

 

Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and the members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to restore Clean Water Act protections for all of the nation's lakes, streams, and wetlands last week, earning the praise of the National Wildlife Federation and conservationists nationwide.

 

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America

's waters are closer to again having the comprehensive Clean Water Act protections that Congress intended," said Jan Goldman-Carter, Wetlands and Water Resources Counsel, National Wildlife Federation. "This bill restores critical protections for our nation's increasingly-precious fresh water resources while respecting private property rights and continuing longstanding Clean Water Act exemptions for agriculture and forestry."

June 23, 2009
Posted by Global Warming Staff


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