TELL THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT OUR WATER! SIGN PETITION BELOW
When Congress passed the Clean Water Act, the bipartisan law was intended
to protect our nation's waters from the harmful effects of pollution. Now, the Bush Administration is working to unravel 30 years of protections under this landmark, bipartisan law.
In January, 2003 the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers published a proposal that is the first step in severely limiting the ability of the Clean Water Act to protect many of our nation's waters. This Bush Administration rollback will lead to significantly more pollution & accelerated loss of wildlife habitat and pose significant threats to human and environmental health.
This new proposal would make it easier for polluting industries and developers to contaminate or destroy non-navigable wetlands, streams, and ponds. Pollution dumped into the upper reaches of watersheds not only damages and destroys those smaller -- but still ecologically vital -- aquatic habitats, but ends up harming lakes, rivers and coastal waters downstream as well.
This latest rollback follows the Bush Administration's pattern of putting corporate polluter's interest before the public's interest in a clean, healthy environment.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Sign this petition and tell the Bush Administration to put the public's interest in a clean environment before the interest of corporate polluters. Tell them not to reverse 30 years of progress and instead make sure that the Clean Water Act continues to protect all of our nation's waters. Sign now!
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We signed the “Tell the Bush Administration to Protect our Water!” petition!
# 1,057:
3:51 am PDT, Jul 21,Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
Very important!
# 1,056:
3:40 pm PDT, Jul 18,Dana Szemereta, North Carolina
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6:12 pm PDT, Apr 27,Aiz T, Canada
# 1,054:
3:12 pm PST, Feb 10,Wendy Horn, California
# 1,053:
6:12 pm PDT, Jul 20,Mary Norton, Maine
I live in Northern Maine. They have stolen my food & taken away my food supply because they are not cleaning up the mess they are making. I am starving because I can not fish! I want my food back! The Government does not care about The American People & they are taking food away from The People. No matter if I eat the fish or starve either way I am doomed because all The Governments care about is Money, Power & their Creed! Anti-Christs!!
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10:29 pm PST, Nov 25,Name not displayed, Greece
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5:32 pm PST, Nov 22,Name not displayed, Puerto Rico
# 1,050:
10:49 pm PST, Nov 21,Jenn Gunder, California
# 1,049:
5:12 pm PST, Nov 16,Chris Weigand, Ohio
important to protect public health
# 1,048:
11:40 am PST, Nov 6,Name not displayed, Illinois
# 1,047:
10:13 am PST, Nov 6,Will Hunt, Montana
Stop pollution.
# 1,046:
4:59 pm PDT, Sep 2,Name not displayed, New York
because i want clean drinking water and i want healthy wildlife.
# 1,045:
1:07 pm PDT, Sep 2,Christopher Joya, New York
The clean water act prevents the very water we drink from being contaminated by mercury, arsenic, and other harmful chemicals. Yes, the water treatment plants help rid of these, but if the Bush Administration does what it plans, then the Treatments plants will require more money to put in more chemicals into our water to make it safer.
# 1,044:
4:57 am PDT, Sep 2,Brandon Franz, Washington
I don't like sewage-flavered water.
# 1,043:
11:23 pm PDT, Aug 26,Nichole Durbin, Oregon
We are part of this world. Let's start acting like it. Water is a rich resource and I don't want it to be any more contaminated. Thank You.
# 1,042:
8:23 pm PDT, Aug 24,Caitlin Ba, Michigan
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8:23 am PDT, Aug 19,Jon Freeman, Colorado
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7:03 am PDT, Aug 18,Dellouise Sordahl, Wisconsin
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2:06 am PDT, Aug 15,Name not displayed, Colorado
Don't make it easier for polluters and developers to contaminate or destroy non-navigable wetlands, streams, and ponds, which would have deleterious effects on downstream rivers and lakes all around the U.S.
Endangered and threatened species would suffer too, as 43 percent of them rely on wetlands for survival.
# 1,038:
10:11 am PDT, Aug 9,Jody Spear, Maine
Why? Safe, clean drinking water is a right -- not optional. Industrial pollution in waterways cause chronic illness and death; it's well documented.
# 1,037:
1:03 pm PDT, Jul 25,Name not displayed, Faroe Islands
Dude, we consist of 71% of it!
# 1,036:
11:15 am PDT, Jul 24,Sandra Williamson, Colorado
The safety of our water is a strong indicator of the health of our nation.
# 1,035:
9:53 am PDT, Jul 2,Lake Furney, Colorado
Water is the most fundamental component of the health of people, animals and ecosystems. Protect it, you fools.
# 1,034:
8:46 pm PDT, Jun 30,Stephen Farrell, South Carolina
# 1,033:
3:29 pm PDT, Jun 26,Mark I Moore, Oregon
Water is the life force behind every organic and non-organic facet of life. We cannot destroy this precious foundation of life.
# 1,032:
11:09 am PDT, Jun 25,Susan K Beale, Colorado
Um, isn't this a no-brainer?
# 1,031:
12:29 pm PDT, Jun 16,Name not displayed, Oregon
# 1,030:
5:24 pm PDT, May 24,Regina Carpenter, Arizona
Water is what sustains all life, including humans, of whom some think money is more important than clean water. I'm sick and tired of these industries taking advantage of others and polluting our water ways. They need to stop yesterday!!
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7:55 am PDT, May 4,Name not displayed, Kentucky
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3:42 pm PDT, Apr 16,Susan Quenzer, Arizona
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9:15 pm PDT, Apr 15,Name not displayed, Michigan
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6:11 am PDT, Apr 13,Pam Schneider, Illinois
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10:57 pm PDT, Apr 7,Kyle Covell, Kansas
We all share the waters of our planet, just as we share the air. It is thus that we are all connected to one another through shared water and air. Mr. Bush, please believe me when I say you don't want to use my water without thoroughly cleaning and protecting it!
# 1,024:
6:06 pm PDT, Apr 5,Rachel Dean, Illinois
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2:40 am PST, Apr 2,Brian T. Gibbons, Maryland
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9:06 am PST, Mar 31,Emily Thomson, Alabama
# 1,021:
7:00 pm PST, Mar 30,Travis Irvan, Ohio
Water is vital to our environment, it is our main necessity for survival. It must be clean and safe for our children to drink.
# 1,020:
12:06 pm PST, Mar 6,Hanne Gudiksen, Australia
Why is it important to make sure we have clean water? Who wants to drink contaminated water? Swim in it? Eat fish that live in it? No-one. Not even politicians. So lets not be blinded to whats going to happen to our water if we don't protect it!
# 1,019:
1:20 pm PST, Mar 4,Brittany Trefelner, Illinois
life.
# 1,018:
4:41 pm PST, Feb 24,Gallus Quigley Jr., Pennsylvania
water is a resource which is limited and is required by ALL LIFE not just human, clean water is essential to our health and wellbeing, it should be the most important resource to maintain now; not only for those here today but those who will follow us tomorrow...
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12:19 am PST, Feb 15,Ufg8tr77@yahoo.com V, Federated States of Micronesia
Its wriong, kills all of us not just the plants, all you have to take a look is at the studies that have been done no only lately but with technologies of many years past. It is nothing new that what is going on is not good for all our health but what is new is that people must realize something must be done now not in a few years but now/
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2:54 pm PST, Feb 11,Name not displayed, Virginia
# 1,015:
5:18 am PST, Feb 6,Name not displayed, Florida
most of the earth is water. why doesn't any want to help save it along with the animals that live there.if pres.bush doesn't care he's not much of a president!!!
# 1,014:
12:09 pm PST, Feb 3,Eric Hoveland, California
Clean water is disappearing as it is-
without the little "shrubs" help!
# 1,013:
11:30 am PST, Feb 1,Carly Schlotterer, Ohio
2/3 of our plant is made up of water. The Clean Water Act, though it has some obvious flaws, is the best thing for American waters yet! It protects from point-pullution and it makes that protection mandatory. It also makes non-point pollution voluntary, but at least tries to protect from it. It doesn't matter which political platform Bush wishes to stand for, because if we keep hurting our environment, their will be no life left anyway!
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11:32 am PST, Jan 29,Jeanette Cosden, Oklahoma
Water is essential to life, ALL life, including those making laws that effect the quality of that very water. The Clean Water Act is an important piece of legislation that will help determine the health of people and the planet. We should be deciding on more strict policies for our water quality, not having to defend our rights to keep what water quality standards we now have.
# 1,011:
7:35 am PST, Jan 28,Courtney Ross, Texas
becuase the animals and humans don't deserve it. bush, leave the water alone!!!
# 1,010:
1:59 pm PST, Jan 26,Diane Alvarez, Florida
It is time that we think of our future as well as the future of generations to come. I fail to comprehend how one may not see the importance of keeping our waters unpolluted. The reasons are innumerable. One reason is that our main air supply does not come from trees, but from plankton,tiny organisms that live in the ocean. If just a small percentage of its population dies, what will become of all living beings? Not even all the money in the world will save our water once it is tainted.
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9:08 am PST, Jan 20,Sara Bitzer, Florida
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2:16 pm PST, Jan 19,Cindy Brisbane, Maryland
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9:33 pm PST, Jan 18,Katherine Lanspery, Idaho
Native fisheries will be placed at risk if non-navigable waters such as head water streams are not protected by the CWA. In Idaho, sediment increases in streams is often the cause for water quality limited segments. This is mainly caused from land management such as timber and grazing that accelerate erosion in the upper portions of watersheds.
# 1,006:
8:18 pm PST, Jan 18,Jaime Bizoe-Alden, Michigan
Water is vital to the existance of everything! We must do something now to protect it.
# 1,005:
9:51 am PST, Jan 18,Emily Garcia, Florida
It's important to have clean water because it is one of the most important things for human existence.
# 1,004:
4:05 pm PST, Jan 17,Holly Castillo, Florida
# 1,003:
2:57 pm PST, Jan 17,Nicole Sease, Florida
Clean water is important.
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1:41 pm PST, Jan 17,Name not displayed, New Jersey
Clean water is fundamentally linked to our survival. The protection of our waterways and coastline is an obvious necessity in order to preserve our wetland wildlife, and our quality of life.
Bush, keep pollutants out of my water -- and keep your hands off the Clean Water Act
