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Funding Green Infrastructure in Pennsylvania
Unsafe Dams Threaten Communities Nationwide
Building Smart to Protect Clean Water
And the Oscar goes to…the effort to remove Matilija Dam!
The Al Gore of Water?
(03/04/10) | Filed Under: Global Warming by Amy Souers Kober
Author Steven Solomon has suggested our country needs an Al Gore for water – an advocate who will do for water what the former vice president has done for climate change. Solomon just might be the voice we need to focus public attention on the problems – and solutions – for the future of clean water.
(Read more)Clean Drinking Water At-Risk
American Rivers Receives Grant to Restore Two of the Nation’s Largest Rivers
(03/03/10) | Filed Under: Restoring Rivers by Amy Souers Kober
I’m excited to officially announce that American Rivers is the recipient of a 2010 Conservation Grant from Orvis. Through matching donations from its customers, Orvis has pledged up to $120,000 to help with restoration projects on California’s Sacramento River and the Yellow Breeches watershed in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River basin.
(Read more)A renewed call for climate action
(03/02/10) | Filed Under: Global Warming by Will Hewes
In recent months, many have been preparing the eulogy for climate legislation in the U.S. Senate. Especially in the wake of a Massachusetts election that saw Democrats slip below the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, there has been little hope of late for a meaningful climate bill. As legislation has stalled, climate skeptics have stepped up their attacks on the science of climate change and have worked feverishly to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
(Read more)American Rivers names Senator Cardin a River Champion
(02/26/10) | Filed Under: Clean Water by Amy Souers Kober
Today, our president Rebecca Wodder will present Maryland’s Senator Cardin with the River Champion award. We are recognizing the senator’s unflagging efforts on behalf of Maryland’s and the nation’s rivers and clean water.
(Read more)Molalla Wild and Scenic Legislation Ranks in National Environmental Scorecard
(02/24/10) | Filed Under: Protecting Rivers , Wild and Scenic Rivers by Kavita Heyn
It is really great to see the recent rankings of the 2009 National Environmental Scorecard, compiled by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), which listed Oregon's Molalla River Wild and Scenic legislation as number 11 out of 14 in a national short list of commendable environmental legislation in the 111th Congress.
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