As historic dam-removal and river-restoration await congressional approval, some “dam-huggers” fight on. By Erica Terence, Klamath Riverkeeper...
BNSF Derailed in Seattle
By: Puget Soundkeeper
The Law that Changed America Turns 40
Puget Soundkeeper wins landmark Clean Water Act settlement. By Chris Wilke, Puget Soundkeeper In 1972 the U. S. Congress passed the Clean Water Act...
Is That the Chattahoochee River?
By: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
The Law that Changed America Turns 40
17 Years after lawsuit, the Atlanta waterway is cleaner than anyone remembers. By Sally Bethea, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper On a late-fall day in 2011,...
California Cleaning
By: San Francisco Baykeeper
The Law that Changed America Turns 40
A score of lawsuits is using the Clean Water Act to restore the health of legendary San Francisco Bay. By Deb Self, San Francisco Baykeeper Using the...
River Revival in Spokane
By: Spokane Riverkeeper
The Law that Changed America Turns 40
Decades after their banning, Spokane faces up to the persistent peril of PCBs. By Bart Mihailovich, Spokane Riverkeeper PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls,...
