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–Cross post from Progress Now Action, from the New Environment Colorado reports
Coloradans deserve clean water. But Reps. Marilyn Musgrave and Bob Schaffer have consistently taken the side of polluters in opposing stronger protections for our waterways.
Report follows:
Who can protect Colorado’s water?
Coloradans depend on clean water for drinking, recreation, agriculture and the preservation of healthy ecosystems for fish and wildlife. Clean water is especially important in arid western states like Colorado, where there is already too little water to go around.
Colorado needs a U.S. Senator who understands the importance of clean water to the state’s economy and our environment and who will take on the polluters. Unfortunately, during their time in Congress, Reps. Bob Schaffer & Marilyn Musgrave stood with George Bush and the polluters as they worked to dismantle America’s protections for clean water.
The Bush administration’s assault on clean water
Since passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, America has made great progress toward cleaning up our nation’s waters. However, our rivers, lakes and streams are still in dire need of protection from industrial pollution, contaminated runoff, sewage overflows and a host of other threats.
Even today, 47 percent of America’s assessed rivers and streams and 59 percent of our assessed lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming or other uses. Polluters dumped more than 244 million pounds of toxic chemicals into American waterways in 2006. And more than 850 billion gallons of raw or inadequately treated sewage are discharged into waterways each year.
But under George Bush, America has taken a large step backward in the protection of our precious water supplies. Time and again, the Bush administration has pushed to roll back critical protections for clean water. President Bush:
Cleaning up America’s waterways
Americans deserve clean water and a healthy environment. To get there, we need to take a few common-sense steps:
Reps. Musgrave and Schaffer: No friends of clean water
Time and again, Rep. Musgrave has stood with George Bush and the polluters to weaken protections for America’s waterways. Rep. Musgrave:
During his time in Congress, Rep. Schaffer:
Coloradans have a choice this November. Coloradans in the 4th congressional district should elect Betsy Markey to the U.S. Congress. Not to mention, that in Rep. Mark Udall, Coloradans have a champion who is willing to take on the polluters and fight to restore our waterways.
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