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Minnesota Currents - Spring | Summer 2017

In this issue: Defending Our Water and Health in the 2017 Legislative Session; Water Action Day at the Capitol; Consumers are Detoxing Store Shelves; What You Can Do to Protect Our Water; and more!

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Texas Currents - Spring | Summer 2017

In this issue: Trump’s Attacks on Landmark Environmental Laws; Texas Legislature Misses Opportunities on Environment; Sewage Discharges Above Edwards Aquifer; Bureau of Land Management Ignores Protests, Holds Fracking Auction Anchor; and more.

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Letter to Congress: Please Oppose Imperiled Species Funding Cuts

As you work to develop the FY 2018 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and Commerce, Justice Science and Related Agencies appropriations bills, we write to urge you to reject damaging funding reductions proposed in the administration’s FY 2018 budget for programs that support implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and conservation of imperiled and at-risk species.
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Putting Drinking Water First: Restoring Clean Water Act Protections to Streams and Wetlands

Protecting sources of drinking water from contamination is essential to ensuring safe drinking water. Source Water Protection includes maintaining the health of streams, wetlands, and other water bodies, but there has been confusion over which water resources are covered under Clean Water Act pollution control programs following Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006 and subsequent Bush Administration policies.