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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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EPA Proposes to Exclude Most Slaughterhouses and Rendering Plants from Updated Water Pollution Control Rules
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Waterkeeper Alliance and other Clean Water Experts Urge EPA to Require Slaughterhouses and Rendering Plants to Comply with Modern Technology Standards...
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New York State Supreme Court Rules NYC Department of Environmental Protection Failed to Report Combined Sewer Overflow Discharges
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
Recent ruling successfully upholds the public notification process and requires the agency to provide a list of all unreported overflows from the past...
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EPA Proposes Improved Water Pollution Control Standards for Slaughterhouses and Rendering Facilities
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and rendering facilities in response...
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We Must Urge Congress to Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
Representative Jared Huffman (CA) and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) recently reintroduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, a sweeping but common-sense...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Urges Lawmakers to Drop Loophole From Clean Water Act of 2023
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
A Provision Included in the Proposed Legislation Would Allow Future Administrations to Exclude Waters from Federal Protections On October 18th, the 51st...
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Advocates to Biden: Federal Oil and Gas Rule Must Meet Climate Imperatives
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Eleven western U.S. groups have provided the Bureau of Land Management comments imploring the agency to address the climate crisis in its proposal to update...
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EPA Restores Authority to States, Territories, and Tribes under CWA 401 Final Rule
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final 2023 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule,...
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Estonian Oil Shale Giant Abandons Federal Oil Shale Lease, Loses Colorado River Basin Water Deal
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Estonian state-owned oil shale company Enefit American Oil is abandoning its lease to mine oil shale on federal public land in northeastern Utah’s Uinta...
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Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back on Track for Endangered Species Protection
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered...
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Tell Congress to Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, which was first introduced in 2020 and updated in 2021, will soon be reintroduced in both the U.S. House of...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on Lawmakers to Step Up After EPA Finalizes Weakened WOTUS Rule
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule following the Supreme Court’s ruling in...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Stands With Groups in the Western U.S Seeking to Avoid the Collapse of the Colorado River Supply System
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
Colorado Riverkeeper, John Weisheit, drafted detailed scoping comments submitted to the Bureau of Reclamation on August 17, 2023 as a part of that agency’s...
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Help Extend Water Quality Protections to Tribal Waters
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed a new rule that would institute federal baseline water quality standards (WQS)...
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Urge USDOT to Finalize the Strongest Possible Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Standards
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), by way of its Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), recently announced a proposed...
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Help Protect American Communities, Air, and Waters From Toxic Power Plant Pollution!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to strengthen Clean Air Act (CAA) controls on mercury and other toxic pollution emissions...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on Congress for Safeguards After Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Clean Water Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Court’s Decision Prioritizes Polluting Industries Over Clean Water and Public Health and Ignores Decades of Legal Precedent, Science, and Clean Water...