Gutting Clean Water Act protections will harm critical habitats and the clean drinking water of millions of Americans: [link removed]

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Dear Friend,

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is set to give corporate polluters what they want and put many thousands of formerly protected wetlands and waterways at risk of toxic pollution and industrial development.

You have less than 45 days to tell the administration you oppose their plan to destroy critical clean water protections. Submit your comment today.

For decades, the Clean Water Act has been the most important tool we have to ensure our rivers, lakes, and streams are clean and safe. Now, the administration is scaling it back, giving polluting industries like mining companies, industrial agriculture, and fossil fuel developers what they’ve wanted for decades.

The Clean Water Act states that all “waters of the United States” are federally protected. But polluters have argued that certain water bodies, including wetlands, do not actually count under this designation. So now, the administration is attempting to rewrite the Clean Water Act to narrow the definition of “waters,” thereby removing federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams in the U.S.

With this drastic revision, industrial companies would not need a federal permit to exploit, contaminate, or destroy these critical waters.

All waterways are connected. As science tells us, waters flow downstream. Pollution upstream — in wetlands, streams, and other waters — affects water quality downstream. Excluding these water bodies from protection threatens all connected water bodies with pollution.

Here are just a few reasons removing these protections would be a terrible mistake:
** Wetlands filter pollution from rivers, lakes, and streams. Many streams are drinking water sources in their own right.
** Wetlands are critical habitats for fish, waterfowl, and other wildlife. They support forestry, recreation, food, and seafood production.
** Wetlands shield communities from the destructive power of floods and storms.
** Indigenous tribes consider many endangered waterways part of their sacred tradition.

We just can’t afford to destroy these water bodies or add more pollutants to the mix.

Join us in the fight to defend our waters and preserve our ecosystems. Your public comment opposing this Trump proposal helps Earthjustice make our case in court. It provides evidence that the American people support a strong Clean Water Act that ensures all bodies of waters get federal protections.

Sincerely,
Drew Caputo
Vice President
Lands, Wildlife & Oceans

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