Top Priority
Protect Lake Michigan: Restore The Clean Water Act
The small streams and wetlands which feed the Great Lakes filter pollutants and provide habitat for fish and other wildlife.
In
early 2003, the Bush administration established a policy that removes
Clean Water Act protections from many small streams, wetlands and
ponds. As a result of this No Protection policy, thousands of miles of
streams and wetlands are at risk from unlimited development, pollution
and destruction. The Bush administration’s own Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) estimates that 20 million acres of wetlands, 20 percent of
the wetlands in the continental U.S., could lose protection because of
this policy.
We need to restore the health and integrity of the Great Lakes, as well as the rest of America’s large waterways. Congress must
take action now to ensure that all of America’s waters, including the
Great Lakes continue to be protected by the Clean Water Act.
Environment Illinois is calling on the federal
government to:
- Immediately drop the No Protection policy.
- Fully enforce clean water laws.
- Reaffirm the original intent of the Clean Water Act to protect all waters in the U.S.
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