News & Updates

Waterkeeper Alliance Takes to the Hill to Advocate for Biogas Awareness
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Last month, Patience Burke of Waterkeeper Alliance and Tonya Bonitatibus of Savannah Riverkeeper traveled to Washington, D.C. for a week to educate decision...

Waterkeeper Alliance Appoints Sharif Jamil and Xavier Cortada to Board of Directors
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
Waterkeeper Alliance proudly welcomes two distinguished leaders, Sharif Jamil and Xavier Cortada, to its esteemed Board of Directors. Their appointments...

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to U.S. Supreme Court’s Overturning of the Chevron Doctrine
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
The Supreme Court issued its opinion today in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, explicitly overturning the decades-old Chevron doctrine—a...

Who Is Waterkeeper: Theo Thomas, London Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The city of London was founded nearly 2,000 years ago by the Romans, who initially called it Londinium. Since that time, London has established itself...

Urge Your Senators to Adequately Fund PFAS Cleanup!
- By: Organizational Admin
- Clean Water Defense | News
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently submitted a budget request for the cleanup of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at military installations....

Urge Congress to Adequately Fund PFAS Cleanup!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently submitted a budget request for the cleanup of military installations, including those facilities contaminated...

Catawba College and Waterkeeper Alliance Partner Again on Advocacy Boot Camp 2024
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
The Catawba College Center for the Environment-Waterkeeper Alliance Clean Water Advocacy Boot Camp recently concluded. This unique and immersive ten day-course...

Who Is Waterkeeper: Liliana Guerrero, Bocas de Ceniza Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Liliana Guerrero has been the Bocas de Ceniza Waterkeeper since 2010. She had been living in Cartagena, Colombia, working as a law professor. A colleague...

Environmental Groups, Local Crawfish Producers Bring Lawsuit to Challenge East Grand Lake Project in the Atchafalaya Basin
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
Today, a plaintiff group, including Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West, Healthy Gulf, Sierra Club and its Delta...

Waterkeeper Alliance Senior Attorney to Advise EPA on Clean Water Act Improvements for Animal Feeding Operations
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters | Waterkeeper Movement
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has invited Waterkeeper Alliance’s Senior Attorney Kelly Hunter Foster to serve on its new Animal Agriculture...

Coalition Takes Action Against EPA for Failing to Implement Clean Water Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Integrity Project, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity sent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a...

Urge Secretary Buttigieg to Finalize the Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Rule!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed an Advanced Leak Detection and...

Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds the Reinstatement of Environmental Review of Financing of Industrial Animal Agriculture Facilities
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Waterkeeper Alliance applauds the actions of The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to reverse some of the worst impacts of the previous...

Who Is Waterkeeper: Jim Moir, Indian Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Jim Moir has been Indian Riverkeeper in Florida since 2022, though the organization has been around since 2000. Jim is technically the fifth Indian Riverkeeper,...

Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds EPA’s Historic New Rules to Protect Communities and Clean Water from Toxic Power Plant Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
The Environmental Protection Agency released four groundbreaking rules to address pollution from power plants and protect local communities and waterways...

Earth Day Declaration: Groups Urge Bold Action to Strengthen the Global Plastics Treaty
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Today, in honor of Earth Day, a diverse group of 54 organizations from 24 countries across North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia...

Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds New EPA Rule to Hold Major Polluters Accountable For PFAS Contamination
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a groundbreaking new rule to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – perfluorooctanoic...

Final Biden Oil, Gas Rule Offers Fiscal Reforms, Nothing on Climate
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Today, the Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) released its final oil and gas leasing rule. The rule contains welcome and decades-overdue...

Waterkeeper Alliance Celebrates First-Ever Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water, and Calls on Biden to Address All Contamination
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
EPA Announces New Protections to Reduce the Presence of Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water, but More Action is Needed to Clean Up All PFAS Contamination...

Pathway to a Plastic-Free Future: Mobilizing for Change at INC-4
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense
Pathway to a Plastic-Free Future: Mobilizing for Change at INC-4 World leaders must prioritize people over corporate polluters with a strong, enforceable...

Waterkeeper Alliance Offers New Clean Water Podcast, ‘Equity In Every Drop’
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Global Ambassadors | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
To engage new audiences and generate conversations that lead to action, Waterkeeper Alliance has launched a new podcast, Equity In Every Drop. Compelling...

Tell EPA to Protect Our Communities and Waterways From PFAS!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to list nine additional PFAS compounds as hazardous. EPA must use its authority to protect...

Who Is Waterkeeper: Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, Richmond Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Richmond Riverkeeper is one of the newest Waterkeeper groups in the movement. Their official membership only went live in December of 2023. But the impetus...

Tell EPA to Finalize the Strongest and Most Durable Methane Regulations
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Earlier this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new rule that would charge oil and gas companies for excessive climate-harming...

Who Is Waterkeeper: Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News | Waterkeeper Movement
Nelson Brooke joined Black Warrior Riverkeeper in Alabama when a friend from elementary school asked if he could help run the nascent organization for...

Coalition of Groups Submits Comments Urging EPA to Require Industrial Animal Feeding Operations to Report their Dangerous Air Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
A coalition of environmental, animal welfare, and community advocacy groups, including Waterkeeper Alliance, submitted comments in response to a request...

Lawsuit Launched Over EPA’s Oversight Failure on Dangerous Phosphate Mining Waste
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Waterkeeper Movement
Conservation, public health, and environmental justice organizations notified the Environmental Protection Agency today of their intent to sue the agency...

Tell EPA to Stop Exempting Factory Farms From Reporting Hazardous Air Pollution!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Once again, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is walking back its commitment to revise or eliminate an illegal rule exempting factory farms...

Waterkeeper Alliance Endorses New PFAS Accountability Act that Promises to Hold Manufacturers Responsible for ‘Forever Chemicals’
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Waterkeeper Alliance proudly endorses the PFAS Accountability Act, which was introduced today in the House and Senate by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)...

Waterkeeper Alliance, 110 Organizations Call on EPA to Expand List of Toxic Water Pollutants
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Waterkeeper Movement
Today, Waterkeeper Alliance submitted a letter—signed by 63 local Waterkeeper groups and 47 other conservation organizations—to the U.S. Environmental...