A report card on Iowa's Congressional delegation and clean water. Braley-A+; Loebsack-A; Boswell-D; Latham-F; King-F. 


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Please see the press release below aboutthe Clean Water Report card the Club released today.  Let me knowif folks have any questions.
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Dalal


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 10, 2011
Contact: Alex Wall, 202-548-4595,[log in to unmask]

**View the Report Card:  http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/reportcard/**
Sierra Club Releases Clean Water Voting Record
U.S. House Anti-Clean Water Vote Expected This Week

Washington, D.C. – Today the Sierra Club released a cleanwater voting record for the U.S. House of Representatives,in time for an expected floor vote this week on a bill that would blockthe Environmental Protection Agency from protecting communities from toxiccoal ash. Coal ash is a dangerous solid waste by-product of burning coal,containing mercury, arsenic, hexavalent chromium and lead.  Thereare more than 130 cases of coal ash contaminating communities across thecountry.
The interactive, online report card issues letter gradesfor U.S. Representatives’ voting records on clean water issues.
“Coal ash is toxic and harms public health,” said MichaelBrune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club.  “Unbelievably,toxic coal ash currently has no federal safeguards, but the health andenvironmental risks from coal ash dumping include cancer, neurologicaldisorders, birth defects, reproductive failure, asthma and other seriousillnesses.  This anti-clean water bill from Rep. McKinley would perpetuatethe status quo by putting a scheme in place that is less protective thanstandards for disposing of household garbage, leaving our communities indanger of toxic coal ash pollution.”  
The Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2273),introduced by W. Va. Congressman David McKinley, would endanger the healthand safety of thousands of communities.  The bill, which is expectedfor a floor this week, would:

Allow indefinite operation of dangerous ash ponds likethe one that dumped more than a billion gallons of coal ash sludge in Tennesseein December of 2008;
Deny citizens who live near coal ash dump sites any federalright to notice, comment, and a public hearing when new sites are proposedfor construction or old ones are expanded; and
Handcuff the EPA from enforcing disposal standards, evenat contaminated coal ash sites.
This latest threatis part of an unprecedented attack on clean water from this Congress. Instead of protecting communities from well-known and dangerous contaminatesin our waters, some members of Congress have chosen to rollback or completelystop common sense safeguards.
 

View the Sierra Club’s new Clean Water Report Card Here.
 
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