GLIN==> Upcoming PBS specials on the state of America's waterways

Forwarded on behalf of PBS-Washington.

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It's been years since American television devoted two hours of prime time to
a high profile, in-depth report on the state of America's waterways and the
new perils they face.

So we at PBS have two events coming soon that will be of keen interest to
your members. 

On Tuesday, April 21st, 9 to 11 pm ET, PBS FRONTLINE will broadcast POISONED
WATERS, a two-hour investigation and report card on two iconic American
waterways, Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound. We hope you will let your members
know of this broadcast in your print and online news letters or broadcast
e-mails in the coming month.

On April 8th, from 1 to 2:30 pm ET, PBS Frontline will host a live Web cast
of a special symposium at the National Press Club keynoted by Lisa Jackson,
President Obama's EPA Administrator, and Bill Ruckelshaus, who headed the
EPA in the 1970s and was instrumental in promoting and enforcing the Clean
Water Act of 1972. The symposium will focus on threats to clean water, on
who is responsible, and on how we can reverse recent trends and get back on
track to restoring clean water.

Clean Water has not had a prominent place on the national agenda during
recent years. We're a quarter century past the deadline set by the Clean
Water Act to have fishable and swimmable water. Scientific knowledge of
what's in our water is rapidly expanding and the findings are deeply
troublesome. Evidence of emerging contaminants from vastly expanded
industrial farms to personal care items to home lawns, is showing up
everywhere - including our drinking water.  

The experts say that the state of our two great coastal estuaries,
Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound, reflects the situation nationwide. "I would
put Puget Sound in the intensive care unit," says Kathy Fletcher, executive
director for People for Puget Sound, "The situation is critical." Will
Baker, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, asserts: "There is no
question that the condition of the Chesapeake Bay is like the canary in the
coal mine.. It is an indicator of what we are now learning to expect in any
body of water nationwide, and across the, across the planet."

Time is urgent, declares Chuck Fox, EPA senior advisor on Chesapeake Bay.
"The decisions we make in the next ten to fifteen years," says Fox," are
going to have a profound effect as to our planet's future over the next
hundred years." 

For information on the broadcast of POISONED WATERS and to see a two-minute
trailer, please visit: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/poisonedwaters/
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/>  

For information on the webcast, please visit
www.visualwebcaster.com/poisoined-waters 

 

 

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