Clean Water Defense
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Act now to speak up for nonprofits!
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense | News
Waterkeepers haul tires out of streams. We work to ensure toxic coal ash doesn’t flood the rivers near your home. We take school children who’ve never...
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Lake Worth Waterkeeper, Partners, Sue in Response to Massive Clean Water Act Rollback
- By: Julia Widmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
In case you missed it: Waterkeeper Alliance and eleven U.S. Waterkeeper Organizations, including Lake Worth Waterkeeper, joined last month with several...
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Tell Congress – It’s High Time to Break Free from Plastic
- By: Chris Wilke
- Clean Water Defense | News
The world is choking on plastic. We have seen the horrifying images of whales and seabirds dying of starvation with bellies full of plastic. Of sea turtles...
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We Can’t Turn Our Backs on the Birds
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Whether it’s identifying the birds visiting a feeder outside a window, watching ducks float along a city park pond, or spotting a glimpse of an eagle...
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Lawsuit Launched Over Trump’s Massive Rollback of Clean Water Act Protections
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration today for eliminating longstanding Clean Water Act protections for...
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Community Water Science: Labors of Love
- By: Sara Aminzadeh
- Clean Water Defense | News
A huge network of volunteer water quality monitors already exists — including hundreds of Waterkeeper organizations — but their individual efforts...
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“Navigable Water Protection Rule” Guarantees Widespread Pollution of our Nation’s Waters
- By: Kelly Foster
- Clean Water Defense | News
Reversing more than 40 years of progress and settled law, on January 23, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps announced a new regulation...
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Yadkin Riverkeeper Addresses Misinformation on Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Replacement Rule
- By: Yadkin Riverkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Yadkin Riverkeeper. Reposted with permission from Yadkin Riverkeeper. With last week’s release of the new rule changes to the Clean Water Act, there...
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Narrow Definition of Waters Covered Under the Clean Water Act Puts All Our Waters at Risk
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Trump administration’s new unscientific, illegal, narrowed definition of waterways protected by the Clean Water Act is a threat to waterways throughout...
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Undermining a Fundamental Law
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Since 1970 the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has been a vital tool for the public to ensure that decisions made by federal agencies that impact...
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Trump Administration Announces Its Most Destructive Attack on the Clean Water Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have finalized the Trump administration’s most environmentally destructive...
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Plastic Pollution is a Global Problem for Waterways
- By: Pete Nichols
- Clean Water Defense | News
A new Waterkeeper Alliance project will unite plastic pollution measurement, categorization, and localized prevention strategies at an unprecedented global...
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20 Dams Put Peru’s Heritage at Risk
- By: Marañón Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Ben Webb and Bruno Monteferri with Marañón River Waterkeeper Photos by Ben Webb Help us protect this irreplaceable treasure. Sign up for our email...
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Scientists Accept Disney Offer to Discuss Concerns about Lighthouse Point and Call for attention to Climate Change and Marine Protected Area
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Scientists and experts with extensive experience with Bahamian marine environments have sent a letter to a top Disney official accepting his offer to discuss...
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A Pivotal Year For Clean Water
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News
In 2019 we saw monumental attacks on federal clean water protections. The Trump administration is advancing plans to eliminate Clean Water Act protections...
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Insure Our Future Campaign Targets Liberty Mutual, Top Fossil Fuel Insurer
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Following the release of the 2019 Insurance, Coal, and Climate Change Scorecard, demonstrators visit Liberty Mutual offices in Boston and Seattle Today,...
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Conservationists Intervene in Ludicrous Effort to Dam the Little Colorado River Half a Mile from the Grand Canyon
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Today a coalition of conservation organizations sought intervention and opposed preliminary permits for a series of new dams and reservoirs on the Little...
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Florida Officials Urged to Set Standards to Protect People, Wildlife From Harmful Algal Blooms
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Nine conservation groups sent a letter today urging Florida officials to set water-quality standards for the harmful toxins in algal blooms. The groups...
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Waterkeeper Groups Across United States Oppose Rollback of States’ Rights
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
Proposed revisions to Clean Water Act would hamstring states’ ability to protect their waters Waterkeeper Alliance and 148 Waterkeeper groups today submitted...
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Environmental groups sue NYC to enforce Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic files lawsuit against NYC DEP on behalf of eight national, regional and local organizations to ensure the public is...
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Tell EPA: Let states protect their waterways!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Trump administration claims to be all about giving states greater freedom and responsibility. However, the administration suddenly sings a very different...
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Millions of Acres of Wetlands, Waterways
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule today rolling back protections for millions of acres of wetlands, vernal...
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Our Waterways Aren’t Sewers – Let’s Stop Treating Them That Way
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
For hundreds of years, our waterways were disposal sites for garbage and human waste, leading to devastating impacts on U.S. waters. The Clean Water Act...
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Last Chance for Lighthouse Point campaign brings mobile billboard to Disney fan event
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
Nearly 70,000 people have now signed the StopDisney.com petition The Last Chance for Lighthouse Point campaign has brought a mobile billboard to The Walt...
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Tell your Governor – Protect our state’s waters!
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Trump administration is implementing a dangerous effort to eliminate national protections for waters—and communities—across the country. The U.S....
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Stop Disney – Last Chance for Lighthouse Point Campaign Grows and Urges Disney to Respond to Concerns of 40,000+ Supporters
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Launched on July 15, the Stop Disney – Last Chance for Lighthouse Point campaign has attracted more than 40,000 supporters in just three weeks. Comments...
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Lawsuit Launched to Stop Toxic Algae Bloom Releases From Lake Okeechobee
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Conservation groups sued three federal agencies today for failing to address harm to Florida’s endangered species from Lake Okeechobee releases containing...
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Tell Congress to invest in true green infrastructure
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
The floods that sloshed through the Midwest, Texas, and the Great Plains earlier this month were a reminder that climate change, urban sprawl, and wetland...
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Save Alaskan Salmon: Say No to Pebble Mine
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
UPDATE: The deadline to comment has been extended to July 1, 2019. Waterkeeper Alliance has its roots in fishermen banding together fighting to protect...
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Musician Josie Dunne Joins Zappos and Sperry to Support Waterkeeper Alliance and Combat the Ocean Plastics Epidemic
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Sperry, the iconic footwear brand with a heritage of innovation and love for the sea, and Atlantic recording artist Josie Dunne, known for her personal...