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Tell Congress: Take Action on Deadly Algal Blooms
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
Red tide off Florida has turned beaches into morgues, as scores of dead fish and rotting corpses of marine mammals litter shores. Please call your Representatives...
Stand up for states’ right to protect water quality!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Bill S. 3303 would significantly limit the power of states to deny projects that would have severe environmental impacts on water quality. Please call...
Tell CEQ: Don’t Rush Environmental Review!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a monumental law passed in 1970 which requires agencies to research the potential environmental impacts...
Tell Congress: Put a Stop to Toxic Algae | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Our waterways are being smothered and poisoned by toxic, green slime. All around the U.S., runaway algae growth caused by water pollution is threatening...
Don’t Let CAFOs Hide Their Pollution | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
A few weeks ago, the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on the “Agriculture Creates Real Employment (ACRE) Act” (S....
Plastic is Poisoning Our Planet | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Plastic is poisoning our planet, but there are actions you can take to reduce your impact Earth Day is on April 22 and this year’s theme is “End Plastic...
Stop EPA from Eliminating Protections Against Toxic Coal Ash | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is attempting to roll back important public protections from coal ash, a toxic waste that contaminates water...
Congress sold out rural citizens and their communities | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
On Friday, the President signed into law the fiscal year 2018 spending package, narrowly avoiding another government shutdown. The package does not include...
Tell Congress: No free pass for CAFOs | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Today, the vast majority of our meat comes from enormous “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations” (CAFOs), which often raise thousands of animals in...
URGENT ACTION: Don’t let the timber industry capitalize on disaster | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Save our national forests — clear-cutting is not the answer to wildfires. This Wednesday, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 2936, the “Resilient...
The Largest Source of Toxic Water Pollution | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Every year, over 2 billion pounds of pollutants are dumped into our waterways by power plants – the largest source of toxic water pollution in our...
Dive Into Democracy | Week of 3.13.17
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Dive Into Democracy is Waterkeeper Alliance’s weekly roundup of current attacks on America’s clean water protections and how to take action. Want...