The Clean Water Act is responsible for some significant improvements in public health and safety that we've seen over the years — but now it's under threat.
Earlier this month, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a new regulatory rollback of Clean Water Act protections in an attempt to implement a new approach to permitting dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure projects that would weaken the ability of states to protect their waters.
Read my statement on this decision and about our goal to ensure that states maintain the power to reject dangerous, polluting fossil fuel projects within their borders.