American Rivers’ Statement on Trump Executive Orders Impact on Clean Water and Rivers
Press Contact: Hawk Hammer, National Communications and Media Director, Hhammer@americanrivers.org
Washington D.C.- To begin his second administration, President Trump signed a large number of executive orders implementing policies focused on climate and energy. While divergent in their purposes, all of these climate and energy executive orders have one thing in common – they will impact the health of our rivers and our drinking water.
“Everything flows downhill and into a river or stream that someone drinks from. Our water sources will be the ultimate recipients of the impacts of these policies, so it is vitally important that we care about their consequences,” said Tom Kiernan president and CEO of American Rivers. “Clean water is vital to our economic growth, national security, energy dominance, and our health. We cannot regress back to the days when polluters were allowed to devastate communities and our environment.”
“There is nothing more common sense than providing access to clean drinking water for all Americans, no matter who they are or where they live,” said Kiernan. “We look forward to working with the Trump administration and elected leaders on both sides of the aisle in Congress to achieve the President’s goal of having the “cleanest water in the world”.
Learn more about our plans to defend water security.
Learn more about how these Executive Orders affect rivers.