News & Updates

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Biden’s First Environmental Executive Actions
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance, a global movement uniting more than 350 Waterkeeper groups around the world focusing citizen action...

26 Groups Urge Biden Administration to Take Bold Action to Protect Clean Water
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Alabama Rivers Alliance, Alliance for the Great Lakes, American Rivers, American Sustainable Business Council, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Children’s...

Groups Challenge Trump Administration Sale of 58,000 Acres of Public Lands for Oil, Gas Drilling
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Feds ignored effect on groundwater, cumulative climate impacts A coalition of groups today challenged five Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease...

N.C. Court Chooses to Restrict Local Property Rights of Neighbors Besieged by Industrial Hog Waste
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms Pure Waters
Ruling Draws an Appeal From Civil Rights and Environmental Groups Challenging Special Legal Protections for Industrial Hog Operations Individuals suffering...

Suit Strives to Restore Broad Protections to Nation’s Waterways
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
A coalition of environmental groups today filed an amended complaint challenging a Trump administration rule redefining “waters of the United States”...

In 2020, River Protection Along China’s Beiyun Continued
- By: Guest Contributor
- Clean Water Defense | News
Photos and text by Ms. Wong, Green Earth Volunteers Green Earth Volunteers, home to Beiyun Waterkeeper, has been dedicated to observing and protecting...

Environmentalists Request Update on Disney’s Project at Lighthouse Point
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
On December 14th, the Last Chance for Lighthouse Point campaign partners sent a letter to the Bahamian Minister of the Environment and Housing and the...

500 Groups Urge Biden to Order Fossil Fuel Leasing Ban
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Proposed Executive Order Could Be Implemented Immediately by New Interior Secretary Hundreds of conservation, Native American, religious and business groups...

Tell Biden: It’s time to put clean water and a healthy environment front and center
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense | News
With the Biden administration set to assume power next month, we’re strategizing what the next four years will mean for our movement to protect clean...

Leading Environmental Group Urges 5-Point Action Plan During Biden Administration’s First 100 Days
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance and More Than 100 of its U.S. Waterkeeper Groups Send Memorandum to President-Elect “It’s Now or Never,” Says Waterkeeper’s...

Waterkeeper Alliance Names Gloria Reuben as President
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases
Environmental activist, actress, singer, and author to lead global nonprofit in fight for clean water Waterkeeper Alliance, the leading global nonprofit...

Statement Regarding Attempt to Silence Citizen Advocacy in Chile
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Marc Yaggi, executive director of Waterkeeper Alliance, released the following statement regarding attempts to silence the voice of the environmental defender...

Local Clean Water Wins from the November 2020 Election
- By: Julia Widmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Clean water was *literally* on the ballot on November 3 for many counties and states across the United States. Local and state ballot initiatives asked...

It’s time for NC to make a simple, scientific, change to improve its water quality standards
- By: Catawba Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
North Carolina is behind Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi in water quality standards By Brandon Jones, Catawba Riverkeeper Gov. Roy...

Life on a Boat on Dongting Lake
- By: Waterkeepers China
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Katherine Olson, Communications Associate with Waterkeepers China Many environmental organizations know the importance of getting youth engaged with...

Protecting the Great Lakes at the Source
- By: Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Jill Jedlicka, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper The source, or headwaters, of a river or stream is the critical building block of waterways that influence...

Legal Protest Blasts Trump Administration Plan for 47,000 Acres of Fracking Leases in Colorado
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Leases Threaten Sage Grouse, Climate Pollution Weeks Ahead of Biden’s Promised Leasing Ban Conservation groups filed a protest today challenging the...

This Holiday Season, Buy Locally from Sustainable Farmers
- By: Broad Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
By David Caldwell, Broad Riverkeeper with MountainTrue. Originally published by MountainTrue. Photos by Colfax Creek Farm. As we approach the holiday season,...

Legal Protest Blasts Plan for 430 Square Miles of Fracking Leases in Wyoming
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Trump Plan Threatens 43 Million Tons of Climate Pollution Ahead of Biden’s Promised Leasing Ban Citing harm to wildlife, clean air, and the climate,...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Resigns as Waterkeeper Alliance President
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced yesterday that he was stepping down as President of Waterkeeper Alliance, a position he has held for more than 20 years,...

It’s long past time NC takes action on pollution from poultry
- By: Haw Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
By Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper The unregulated poultry industry in North Carolina is burgeoning, with the number of chickens and turkeys increasing 17...

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Biden Victory
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance, a global movement uniting more than 350 Waterkeeper groups around the world focusing citizen action...

Count Every Vote
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
We’re in the midst of an historic election season. As many as 160 million Americans are expected to vote this year; some are predicting voter turnout...

Searching for the world’s only freshwater porpoise
- By: Guest Contributor
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Katherine Olson, Communications Associate with Waterkeepers China As the motorboat skims across the surface, Dongting Lake lake stretches infinitely...

Environmental Groups File Lawsuits Against Trump Administration for Toxic Water Pollution Rollbacks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging the Trump administration’s recent rollback...