Groups: Expect More WV-Style Water Disasters Unless Obama Signs Executive Order Protecting U.S. Water From Energy Development

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Sixty environmental and advocacy groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, called on President Obama to issue an executive order protecting U.S. water resources from energy development impacts. The groups identified ten "sacrifice zones" across the country where energy extraction has contaminated drinking water and threatened public health, including incidents in Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The proposed executive order would require a national water census, creation of a Water Budget Planning Commission, and a shift to clean energy by 2030 in vulnerable watersheds.