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| To offer concerned citizens a way to respond to the more than two-month old disaster in the Gulf, Environment America has launched an effort called Gumbo for the Gulf. Concerned citizens in 28 states have signed up to host over 150 houseparty fundraisers, which started in mid-June, to benefit Environment America’s effort to address the BP oil catastrophe and help prevent future ones. Over the 4th of July weekend, there will be events in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington. | |
| Streams and headwaters in Arizona are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to a report released today by Environment Arizona titled Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It. One case study highlighted in this report is the Santa Cruz River, currently at risk of losing its Clean Water Act protections. The report also provides 30 case studies demonstrating how the federal Clean Water Act is broken and calls on Representative Mitchell to fix it. | |
| Industrial facilities dumped 4,364 pounds of toxic chemicals into Arizona’s waterways, according to a report released today by Environment Arizona - Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act. The report also finds that toxic chemicals were discharged in 1,900 waterways across all 50 states. | |
| Fifty seven percent of all major U.S. industrial and municipal facilities discharged more pollution into U.S. waterways than allowed by law at least once during 2005. The average facility exceeded its pollution permit limit by 263 percent, discharging close to four times the legal limit. 23 facilities in Arizona reported 200 violations of their Clean Water Act permits in 2005. On average, Arizona facilities exceeding their Clean Water Act permits did so by 821.6% or by 9 times the legal limit. | |
| U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Clean Water Cases; Congress Must Reaffirm Original Intent of Clean Water Act | |
| In a victory for clean water, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to protect America’s waterways. | |
| More than 44 percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Arizona discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allow between July 2003 and December 2004, according to "Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance", a new report released today by Environment Arizona. | |