Our latest Who Is Waterkeeper features Riley Lewis, the White Oak Waterkeeper in North Carolina. Riley’s journey to protecting the region’s rivers and coastal ecosystems wasn’t easy, but her passion for safeguarding clean water and advocating for sustainable development drives her work every day. Read more about Riley’s story and her efforts to protect the waters she loves!

We’re honored to welcome Dr. Rosalía Arteaga as our newest Global Ambassador. As a former President of Ecuador and a passionate advocate for education and environmental protection, she will help amplify the work of Waterkeeper groups in Latin America and beyond, supporting our collective mission to protect everyone’s right to clean water in communities around the world.

Our latest episode of ‘Equity In Every Drop’ features a conversation with Dr. Christopher D. Heaney from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He discusses the health risks associated with factory farms, from respiratory issues to antibiotic resistance, and also highlights concerns about biogas technology and its potential dangers to nearby communities. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Waterkeeper Alliance applauds the historic action to protect 625 million acres of public waters from new offshore oil and gas drilling. By invoking Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act—a longstanding law that does not authorize future presidents to undo withdrawals made by their predecessors—this move safeguards the Atlantic, Eastern Gulf, Pacific, and Northern Bering Sea as well as at-risk communities from dangerous fossil fuel development.