Ani L. Schwartz Arroyo Seco, NM @ 06:05PM PT Sep 19

Well, that is a strange one.
I don't know if I sent it or not ... or perhaps even sent it 3 or 4 times?

Ani L. Schwartz Arroyo Seco, NM @ 05:58PM PT Sep 19

WAKE UP!!!! Revise the *fill* rule to protect clean water NOW!!!!

Dear Administrator Jackson,

The Supreme Court recently issued a decision which authorizes the disposal of mine waste into our nation's lakes, rivers and streams.  The decision reverses nearly three decades of responsible mining policy. 

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST RIDICULOUS AND TERMINALLY STUPID THINGS i HAVE EVER HEARD.
I THINK IN THE FUTURE AN IQ TEST AND AT LEAST ONE COURSE IN ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ALL OF THEM, AS WELL AS ALL OF THEIR APPOINTEES ...

WE CANNOT SURVIVE IF SUCH STUPIDITY IS ALLOWED TO RUN ROUGH SHOD OVER ALL OF LIFE ...
SO WHO EVER EXPECTED THAT LIFE WOULD NOT EVEN MAKE A PEEP????
LIFE IS SCREAMING IN AGONY ALL OVER THE PLANET.
WHY CANNOT OUR SO-CALLED "LEADERS" SEE THIS AND USE SOME COMMON SENSE?

PART OF THE "CURE" FOR CANCER IS CLEAN, FRESH, HEALING WATER, H2O.
PART OF THE CAUSE OF CANCER IS FILTHY, POLLUTED, CHEMICALIZED, WATER ... RADIOACTIVE IN TOO MANY CASES, PHARMACEUTICALIZED IN TOO MANY OTHERS.
GROWING EPIDEMICS OF CANCER ARE A LARGE PART OF THE HEALTH CRISIS.

SO??? ... WELL???? ... DDUUUUUHHH!!!!

THE ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS ARE SIMPLE AND OBVIOUS AND COMMON SENSE AND ECONOMICAL.

WE MUST PROTECT OUR WATERS' HEALTH IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF OUR LIVES AND THE LIFE ALL AROUND US, WHAT IS LEFT OF IT.

OUTLAW ALL INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION OF OUR WATERS AND CREATE FULLY FUNDED WORK PROJECTS TO CLEAN WHERE NEEDED, WHICH IS ALMOST EVERYWHERE????
THIS IS WORTH BORROWING MONEY FOR, THE WAR MACHINE IS NOT.

IMMEDIATELY BEGIN INTENSIVE PHASING OUT OF POLLUTING AND DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRIES WHILE REPLACING THEM WITH ECO FRIENDLY SMALL INDUSTRIES TO MAKE THE THINGS WE NEED TO SURVIVE DAY TO DAY ...

WE DON'T NEED ALL THE TOYS THE CORPORATE WORLD IS DAZZLING THE MORE FORTUNATE WITH AT THE COST OF OUR LIVING SYSTEM CALLED PLANET EARTH ON WHICH WE ALL DEPEND.

THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE BTW.
THAT IS WHAT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS DESTRUCTION.
HOW CAN OUR "GLOBAL MANAGERS" BE SO IGNORANT??????????
FINE, IF THEY WANT TO KILL THEMSELVES, LET EM .... BUT I DID NOT GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO KILL ME TOO! ...

NOR DO THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE KILLING ALL LIFE FOR SOMETHING SO MEANINGLESS AS PROFITS!!
THE MEANING OF LIFE IS
LIFE IS MEANINGFUL.
LIFE IS WORTHWHILE.
LIFE IS VALUABLE.
KILLING IS NONE OF THESE.
IT IS JUST PLAIN TERMINAL STUPIDITY... OR INCREDIBLE IGNORANCE.

IF OUR "LEADERS" CANNOT PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND JOIN THE REST OF THE HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A FUTURE FOR ALL LIFE, WE WILL ALL BE DEAD LITTLE DUCKIES .. .. ALL OF US.

THERE WILL BE NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ANY LIFE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO LIFE SUSTAINING CLEAN WATER.

WATER IS GOD'S NATURAL CLEANING SOLUTION.
INSIDE AND OUT.
BUT NOT IF IT IS DIRTY WATER.
THEN IT IS POISON.
COMMON SENSE.

AND CLEANING UP OUR WATERS IS ONE GIANT STEP TOWARD TACKILING OUR GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THIS IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO OURSELVES AND TO OUR LIVING SYSTEM CALLED PLANET EARTH, PART OF WHICH IS MADE OF WATER.

WE OURSELVES ARE MADE OF MORE WATER THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

SO WHAT'LL IT BE?
HEALING WATER?

OR A KIND OF WATER TORTURE.

The court's decision is based on a rule change under the Bush administration that changed the definition of "fill" -- effectively allowing mining companies to dispose of harmful mine waste into our nation's waterways.

This rule change was completely unnecessary! For three decades the mining industry has successfully operated without this type of irresponsible mine waste disposal. 

This rule puts all our nation's lakes, rivers and streams at risk for pollution and destruction. But with your leadership, we can swiftly ensure that our waters remain clean, safe and protected.

I urge the Obama Administration to undo the changes made by the Bush administration in 2002 that redefined industrial waste and contaminated materials, as "fill" and then allowed this pollution to be dumped into America's waterways.

Please take immediate steps to reinstate the long-standing rule that "fill material" permits may not be used for industrial waste disposal. 

AT THE VERY LEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

AND TRULY,

Laura Draper Sacramento, CA @ 07:05PM PT Aug 02

We want to protect our waters from mine waste.

Sharon Richey @ 06:59PM PT Aug 02

Clean, drinkable water is essential to life~ We have shortages already, especially in other parts of the world.

For now at least, we are the most powerful country in the world.

Let us be the example to use our water wisely, keep it free or almost free, NOT owned by corporations, and keep it CLEAN!

Susan Bolanos Fort Lee, NJ @ 12:54PM PT Aug 02

Please, Ms. Jackson, mining companies are now polluting our waterways.  Salmon suffers. Kindly protect the Clean Water Act.  They now allow mines to pollute our waterways.  This needs to stop.

Linda Elkin Tarpon Springs, FL @ 12:16PM PT Aug 02

We have to drink something!

Alisha Nickols Stockton, CA @ 05:00PM PT Aug 01
Pledge fulfilled Aug 01!

Pledge completed.

Joycey Berry Canton, NC @ 10:49AM PT Aug 01

Thank you for making the pledge "Tell The Obama Administration: It's Time To Put the Clean Back in The Clean Water Act"

Thanks for telling EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to protect the clean water and undo the rule that redefined toxic mine waste as "fill".

Thanks!  Now please tell your friends how to put the "Clean" back in the Clean Water Act.

Just *C* Mosheim, TN @ 06:06AM PT Aug 01
Pledge fulfilled Aug 01!

Thanks for telling EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to protect the clean water and undo the rule that redefined toxic mine waste as "fill".

Soodle Billy Co.Dublin, Ireland @ 12:31AM PT Aug 01
Pledge fulfilled Aug 01!

Thanks!  Now please tell your friends how to put the "Clean" back in the Clean Water Act.