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January 26, 2017 | Fact Sheet

Protect Clean, Safe Drinking Water from Congressional Attack

This the long-awaited Stream Protection Rule provides local communities with information they need about water contamination caused by nearby coal mining operations, and includes several important safeguards for clean water and the well-being of communities near coal mining operations. Lawmakers are seeking to eviscerate this common sense clean-water regulation using the Congressional Review Act, a back door tactic which allows Congress to erase recently finalized protections with little debate and zero public input.

January 25, 2017 | Letter

Community and Conservation Groups Ask Congress To Defend Clean Water Protections

Over 70 local, regional, and national environmental and community groups nationwide are calling on lawmakers to stand strong against a legislative attack on clean water. The Stream Protection Rule requires monitoring to detect harmful chemicals in surface water and groundwater – information that’s crucial to the health and safety of communities leaving in proximity to coal-mining operations.

January 18, 2017 | Press Release

Community and Conservation Groups To Defend Clean Water Against Coal Industry Attack

A coal company and the state of North Dakota have filed lawsuits seeking to overturn the Interior Department’s Stream Protection Rule

December 19, 2016 | Press Release

Obama Administration Finalizes Action to Protect U.S. Waterways and Communities from Destruction by Coal Industry

Stream Protection Rule offers modest updates to protect the Nation's water resources

July 19, 2016 | Press Release: Victory

Appeals Court Upholds EPA Veto of Spruce No. 1 Mountaintop Removal Mine Permit

U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. affirms district court; finds U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reasonably and lawfully decided that huge mountaintop removal mine in WV would cause unacceptable environmental harm

July 15, 2016 | Article

Two Political Trainwrecks in the Making

The House and Senate are packing their environmental budget bills with poison pill riders that would harm America’s air, water and wildlife.

April 12, 2016 | Article

Superfund Super-Polluters: Chevron Molycorp Mine, New Mexico

The Chevron Molycorp mine has tainted water supplies in northern New Mexico for decades, and taxpayers could end up on the hook for a large portion of the clean-up costs.

April 8, 2016 | Legal Document

Spruce Mine Veto_Amicus Brief

Amicus brief for the D.C. Circuit court hearing in the second round of Mingo Logan’s case challenging EPA’s Spruce veto.

January 12, 2016 | Press Release

House Passes Bill That Would Undermine Stream Protection Rules

Statement and resources from Earthjustice

November 13, 2015 | Article

Budget Shenanigans Put Clean Water Rules in Jeopardy

Congress must pass an upcoming spending bill to avoid a government budget crisis, but it is full of environmental riders that threaten to dismantle clean water protections.

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