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A Win for the Marañón River? Enel asks Peruvian Government to terminate dam contract
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Future of Critical Amazon River Tributary Still in Danger A global energy company with a concession to build a dam on the Marañón River, a major tributary...
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Show your appreciation for environmentally conscious farmers
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
A lot of folks in North Carolina produce meat. The state ranks second nationally in pork production and is among the nation’s leaders in poultry production....
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A win for the Marañón? Energy company moves to terminate dam contract, but what will the Peruvian government do?
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
One of the companies with a concession to build a mega dam on the Marañón River, the main hydrological source of the Amazon, has formally asked the Peruvian...
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Newly Released Video Shows Tranquil Villages That Would be Flooded if Marañón Dams are Built
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Marañón Waterkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance released a video that takes viewers to tranquil villages on the floor of Peru’s remote Marañón Canyon,...
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Get Out the Vote: Mobilize Your Friends
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
You’re likely to be someone who votes in every single election, the type of person campaigns call a super voter. Now is the time to recruit your friends...
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Georgia Waterkeepers Ask Citizens to “Vote Yes on Amendment 1”
- By: Julia Widmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Julia Widmann, Waterkeeper Alliance Organizer, Gulf and South Atlantic Regions Photos by Joe Cook Waterkeepers in Georgia are asking Georgia citizens...
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Super voters, assemble! It’s up to all of us to participate in our democracy.
- By: Will Hendrick
- Clean Water Defense | News
You have it in your power to increase voter turnout. And you can do it just by having conversations with people you already know. Start by talking to...
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Protect The Bahamas — Say No to Offshore Oil Drilling
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) is planning to open the pristine waters of The Bahamas to offshore oil drilling, exposing the small island nation and...
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Act Now for Factory Farm Reform
- By: Ellen Simon
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
From sick workers in slaughterhouses to empty shelves at grocery stores, the coronavirus pandemic further exposed a food system in crisis. We deserve farm...
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Sign to save the source of the Amazon!
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
Read in Spanish / Leer en español Planned dams on Peru’s Marañón River, the hydrological source of the Amazon, would flood farms and caves containing...
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Just Do It: VOTE
- By: Malaika Elias
- Clean Water Defense | News
When the right to vote in the United States was first granted in 1776, white male property owners were the only class of people that were eligible. In...
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Urgent Action: Put an End to Pebble Mine!
- By: Bart Mihailovich
- Clean Water Defense | News
We have one last chance to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, its world-renowned salmon runs, and its Native communities. Take action today to...
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Funding Hydropower Projects will Not Fight Climate Change
- By: Kate Hudson
- Clean Water Defense | News
There is a new significant threat to our free flowing rivers and our climate: the promotion of hydropower under the guise that it is clean, renewable energy...
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Sign the petition: Support the Climate Action Plan
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
We can’t wait another second to address climate change! Climate change is the largest and most imminent global threat facing us today. And yet, Trump...
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Demand Insurance Giants Stop Underwriting the Trans Mountain Pipeline
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
You have an important opportunity to stand for climate action, while defending clean water and Indigenous rights: Join us in demanding that insurance giants...
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Peru’s planned dams would displace 1,000 and “decapitate” the Amazon
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
Photos by Ben Webb Twenty hydroelectric dams are planned for Peru’s Marañón River, the primary tributary to the Amazon; two have been approved. These...
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Waterkeepers in Alabama Fight for Virtual Coal Ash Hearings During Pandemic
- By: Julia Widmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Last week, Mobile Baykeeper, Coosa Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, and several partners in Alabama swiftly jumped into action to protect the health...
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Tell your Members of Congress: Pass a “clean” budget!
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- Clean Water Defense | News
As Congress prepares to negotiate budget appropriations amid the COVID-19 pandemic and long overdue demands for racial justice, we must ensure that our...
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Three Simple Things You Can Do to #KickOutPlastic
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
As an environmental organization, we must continue being vocal in the fight against racism, for environmentalism and social justice go hand in hand. Race...
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The River That Made Seattle
- By: Bart Mihailovich
- News
“Cummings brings the river and its history to life… A must-read for anyone who wants to know the story flowing through Seattle.” –...
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Sign and send the petition to the U.S. Senate: We must have funding for Vote by Mail
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
The coronavirus pandemic is deeply impacting our elections, as states move to protect voters’ health during this crisis. We are less than six months...
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Tell the Senate: Take action on dangerous “Forever Chemicals”
- By: ajcarapella
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Anna Maria Stebbins, Advocacy Legal Intern The Senate has the chance to pass an important bill that would require the United States Environmental Protection...
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Small Farmers are supporting our communities, let’s return the favor
- By: Haw Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
By Haw Riverkeeper, Emily Sutton. Originally published by Haw River Assembly, republished with permission. Sustainable farmers are not taking days off...
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Creatively Adapting: Waterkeepers Encourage Solo Cleanups
- By: Malaika Elias
- Clean Water Defense | News
As we settle into this new COVID-19 reality, Waterkeepers across the movement are finding creative ways to engage their communities and create opportunities...
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Take Action: Protect Okefenokee Swamp from a Titanium Mine
- By: Julia Widmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Today, you can use your voice to help protect a beautiful blackwater swamp in southern Georgia and the surrounding community from the risk of dangerous...
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Thank Congress for standing up to Big Oil!
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
In late April, sixteen Members of Congress joined together to take a stand against Big Oil and proposed offshore drilling in the waters of The Bahamas,...
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Now’s Our Chance: A Future Free of Fossil Fuels
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
UPDATE 5/13/2020: This post has been updated to reflect that the “Resources for Workforce Investments, not Drilling (REWIND) Act,” a comprehensive...
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Your grocery store may be crowded, but your local farm has plenty of room for you
- By: Will Hendrick
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
At a time when grocery shopping may seem daunting, supporting your local farmers by buying directly from their farms, or shopping at farmers markets, can...
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Gathering together for Earth Day, if only online, is more important than ever
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
When the first Earth Day was celebrated 50 years ago, campuses around the country were erupting in protest over the Vietnam War. Detroit, Newark, Los Angeles,...
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Stay inside, support Cook Inletkeeper and the Bears of Amakdedori
- By: Bart Mihailovich
- News
Everyone remembers the first “activist” sticker they put on their car, right? Well, I do. It was a “NO Pebble Mine” sticker that I put on the bumper...