Letters to the Editor Needed on Major Clean Water Act Cases Heard by Supreme Court
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It is clear from the oral arguments February 21, 2006 that the parties who wish to narrow the scope of the Clean Water Act are not going away. This is an important time for highlighting those waters in your state that are at risk of losing protections if the Supreme Court sides with the petitioners in these cases. Please take a moment to write an letter-to-the-editor (LTE) to your local paper. I have provided a sample LTE below, as well as some state specific information that may be helpful in tailoring the LTE to your state. Also, please feel free to contact me at Navis.Bermudez@sierraclub.org
if you need additional information or assistance. On February 21, 2006, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two of the most important Clean Water Act cases in the 34-year history of the Clean Water Act. The decision before the court is whether the law protects all the waters of the United States, or only those waters you can float a boat on and the wetlands and streams immediately adjacent to those waters. If the court were to decide to limit the waters protected under the law, Pennsylvania could lose [insert what is at risk]. The Clean Water Act has worked for more than 30 years because it protects all waters of the United States. I’m glad the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania signed on to a brief urging the Court to uphold these protections. The Supreme Court should uphold the longstanding interpretation of the Clean Water Act and protect all streams and wetlands that are the lifeblood of America’s waterways. Click here to return to the
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