Legal victory puts the hellbender salamander back on track for endangered species protection! In response to a lawsuit filed by Waterkeeper Alliance and four other conservation groups, a federal judge found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful.

The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, which was first introduced in 2020 and updated in 2021, will soon be reintroduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Please urge your Member of Congress to co-sponsor this crucial bill before the plastic pollution crisis gets even worse.

Waterkeeper Alliance CEO Marc Yaggi calls on lawmakers to "step in and do more to protect clean water through durable legislation and state-based action" in response to EPA finalizing the weakened WOTUS Rule.

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