Clean Water Protection Act Reintroduced in Congress with Record Support! : ) : ) : )

Clean Water Protection Act Reintroduced in Congress with Record Support!


Back in January, we asked you to write your representatives and ask them to become an original co-sponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act.

The Act eliminates a loophole that has allowed coal companies to use a streamlined permitting process to dump millions of tons of mine waste into nearby streams when they practice mountaintop removal coal mining.

Our goal was to get more than 55 Congressional representatives to co-sponsor the bill before it was introduced to the new 110th Congress. (55 representatives were original co-sponsors in the previous Congress.)

We're proud to report that last week, H.R. 2169, the Clean Water Protection Act, was re-introduced by Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey and Congressman Christopher Shays of Connecticut - with a record 63 original co-sponsors!

Did your representative sign on as an original co-sponsor? Click on the link below to find out:

http://www.ilovemountains.org/action/write_your_rep/

If your representative is one of the original cosponsors of the bill, please take a moment to thank them.

If your representative isn't on the list, they can still sign on as a co-sponsor. Click here to tell your representative to take action:

http://www.ilovemountains.org/action/write_your_rep/

This new record of original co-sponsors - and the leadership shown by people like you who love the mountains - is only the beginning of our efforts to move the fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining to the halls of Congress.

Next week, more than 100 citizens from around the country will be on Capitol Hill to lobby their representatives to take a stand and support the Clean Water Protection Act.

We'll email you next week with a special action alert, so that you can take part in our 2nd Annual Week in Washington from your home.

But today, please take a moment to find out if your representative is standing with you in defense of our mountains and communities - and either thank them for doing so or urge them to add their name today as a co-sponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act:

http://www.ilovemountains.org/action/write_your_rep/

Thank you for everything you do.

Mary Anne Hitt
www.iLoveMountains.org