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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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Who Is Waterkeeper: Bruce Reznik, Los Angeles Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News | Waterkeeper Movement
Los Angeles Waterkeeper Bruce Reznik grew up in a quiet, residential area of Los Angeles County. As a kid, he can remember seeing signs pointing out the...