From The Field: Counting on clean water?
Each year millions of gallons of toxic petroleum pollution wash into our lakes, rivers, and streams. Orcas in Puget Sound, families that live and play by our state's rivers, and ecosystems and communities across the state pay the price for this pollution in compromised health.
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Each year millions of gallons of tox ic petroleum pollution wash into our lakes, rivers, and streams. Orcas in Puget Sound, families that live and play by our state's rivers, and ecosystems and communities across the state pay the price for this pollution in compromised health. A promising bill called the Clean Water Act of 2010 is part of the commonsense solution for Washington state.
By making polluters pay for stormwater infrastructure around the state, the bill generates green jobs and deals with one of the largest sources of water pollution.
Legislators are debating this measure in the last moments of the extended legislative session.
Send your legislators an email right now asking them to support pollution prevention!
Thanks to the overwhelming support of the environmental community, the Clean Water Act is one of a select number of bills being considered during the special session. But while we have been asking our legislators to stand up for clean water, the oil industry has been out in force, using all of their considerable influence and financial resources to block, weaken, delay, or just plain kill the bill.
Stormwater is a big problem. Some call it an Exxon Valdez spill in slow motion: the implications for Puget Sound and our rivers and streams are just that deadly. We know what to do to stop it - retrofitting urban streets, digging storm ponds, building better storm drains, and encouraging low-impact development.
Please send an email to your legislators today, and tell your friends and family to do the same.
From the field,
Anna Davis
WTC, Field Organizer
