[Durham INC] Fw: Tell Obama to Protect Our Waters

Thu Jan 21 13:11:57 EST 2010

Please take a few minutes to heed the email below. You don't have to write a long email. Just ask Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley to work with Congress to reaffirm the Clean Water Act protections that have kept our drinking water safe (even if it is teeteringly so) for more than three decades: chair at ceq.eop.gov 

Thanks! 
Melissa (Rooney)

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From: Tina <tinamotley at earthlink.net>
To: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>; Reeves Young <rcyoung4 at verizon.net>
Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 9:46:42 AM
Subject: FW: Tell Obama to Protect Our Waters

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From: Clean Water Network
[mailto:jenniferpeters at cwn.org] 
Sent:  Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:05 AM
To: tinamotley at earthlink.net
Subject: Tell Obama to Protect Our
Waters

Clean Water Restoration Act ALERT  
Clean Water Network
January 20, 2010   
Want More Information?
Vist our Clean Water Restoration Act webpage 
to read a summary of the bill or to download factsheets.

The Save the Clean Water Act website is another great source of information.  

Questions?

If you have any questions about the Clean Water Restoration Act, please contact Jennifer Peters (jenniferpeters at cwn.org).   

Clean Water Network
218 D Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-547-4208 (phone)
202-547-4206 (fax)  Demand Follow Through on Clean Water Promises

During his 2008 campaign, President Obama promised to help restore protections to our nation's waters.  Now we are counting on him to deliver.  The Administration should give a gift this New Year to the millions of Americans who want to keep drinking clean water, by stopping the polluters who are trying to strip Clean Water Act protections from over half of our nation's streams.  The Obama Administration's leadership will send an essential signal to Congress and give them the backing they need to take action to restore the Clean Water Act's broad protections. 

Please send an email to chair at ceq.eop.gov and urge Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley to work with Congress to reaffirm the Clean Water Act protections that have kept our drinking water safe for more than three decades.  Pasted below is a sample email message that you may copy, but we encourage you to personalize your message.  
Sample Email Message to CEQ Chair Sutley

Dear Chair Sutley, 

Clean water is something most of us have come to expect.  Since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, we have made great progress toward cleaning up our nation's waters, but that progress is in jeopardy today because two Supreme Court decisions have confused and limited the scope of clean water protections.  Lobbyists for polluters and developers are seeking to strip protections from up to 60 percent of the nation's streams and 20 million acres of wetlands.  Drinking water sources for 111 million Americans are at risk.

The President has already laid out the principles he believes are needed in legislation to fully restore the scope of the Clean Water Act, but polluters and developers have blocked action.  I urge the Council on Environmental Quality to work quickly with Congress to turn these principles into legislation and encourage Congress to act.

Please support clean water for our communities.  The Administration and Congress cannot delay any longer.  We must repair the Clean Water Act soon so that it protects the same waters as it did prior to 2001!

Sincerely,

Your name   

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