Are You Kidding?

On Thursday, January 23, 2020, President Trump signed a new rule that allows pesticides, fertilizers and other pollutants to be released into smaller headwaters, seasonal streams, streams that run temporarily underground, and wetlands that are not adjacent to large bodies of water. In addition, developers will be allowed to destroy or fill those wetlands for construction projects. This rule, the Navigable Protections Rule, not only rolls back the 2015 rule that guaranteed protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act, it eliminates protections to smaller headwaters that have been in place since 1972.
 
In addition, under President Trump, cities have been allowed to delay or change federally imposed upgrades to antiquated sewage systems—increasing the amount of untreated waste flowing directly into our water during heavy rains. 
 
We can live without a lot of things, clean, safe water is not one of them. Ask the families of Toledo, Flint, and Parchment. 

Coming Soon . . . 

Thanks to the nudge of my mother, my sister, Kath, my cousin, Molly, and with the eternal patience of my husband, Rubin, I am creating my first ever YouTube video.