Clean Water Defense
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On Earth Day, Rep. Huffman Introduces Bill to Clean Up Postal Service Trucks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today introduced the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2019, legislation...
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LAST CALL! The Clean Water Act Depends on You
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
UPDATE: The Trump administration denied our request to extend the WOTUS comment period, giving us only 60 days to express our fierce opposition to this...
Trump’s Executive Order Undermines States’ Rights
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
President Trump plans today to sign an executive order that attempts to limit states’ role in approving permits required for oil and gas projects under...
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Speak up now to save Clean Water Act protections!
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
The last chance to comment on a Trump administration proposal that would gut the Clean Water Act is April 15. The proposal, which has no basis in science,...
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How the New Trump Rule Would Harm San Francisco Bay
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
San Francisco Bay’s watershed stretches from the granite tips of the Sierra Nevada to the Golden Gate, covering almost 60,000 square miles and nearly...
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Interactive Map: How Trump Proposal Endangers Rio Grande Basin
- By: Kelly Foster
- Clean Water Defense | News
A vast sub-basin of the Rio Grande could lose Clean Water Act protections under Trump proposal The headwaters of the Rio Grande, the nation’s third...
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The Rio Grande Watershed is at its Ecological Breaking Point. Act to Preserve its Clean Water Act Protection
- By: Rio Grande Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Rio Grande Waterkeeper Jen Pelz The Rio Grande, the third longest river in the U.S., begins as snowmelt in the high peaks of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains,...
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Clean Water Act Rollbacks Threaten Upper Potomac Watershed
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
Brent Walls, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper, bought a new Hyundai Tucson in 2012, which he mostly uses for work. Since then, he’s put almost 300,000 miles...
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20 Years of Water Protection and Counting – Waterkeeper Alliance Targets Clean Water Growth Plan to Protect Waterways Worldwide
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Network of clean water advocates protect more than 2.5 million square miles of waterways across globe to ensure clean drinking water and safe water access...
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Clean Water Act Rollbacks Further Expose Greater Houston to Flooding
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
As Houston grows, the city and its suburbs are devouring its wetlands. Building subdivisions on top of wetlands has made the nation’s fourth-largest...
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Protect Puget Sound Against Clean Water Act Rollbacks
- By: Puget Soundkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Chris Wilke, Puget Soundkeeper & Executive Director The waters of Puget Sound aren’t just my profession, or my passion—they are my life. And...
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Stand up for Colorado Waters
- By: Boulder Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Boulder Waterkeeper Ted Ross Colorado is one of two headwater states in the United States where all the flowing fresh water originates as precipitation....
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Sperry and Waterkeeper Alliance Partner on New Sustainability Initiative
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
To combat the world’s growing ocean plastic epidemic Sperry, the iconic footwear brand with a heritage of innovation and a love for the sea, and...
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Defend Missouri’s Maramec Spring Against Clean Water Act Rollbacks
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
Maramec Spring is the center of a popular Missouri park, with 1,860 acres of forests and fields, and a well-attended annual Kids’ Fishing Day, where...
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Statement of Kansas Riverkeeper Dawn Buehler to EPA on Redefining Waters of the U.S.
- By: Kansas Riverkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper Rachel Bartels, Kansas Riverkeeper Dawn Buehler, and Lake Worth Waterkeeper Reinaldo Diaz braved icy roads to testify in...
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Act Now – Don’t Let Trump Give Our Public Lands to Big Oil’s Bernhardt
- By: Kate Hudson
- Clean Water Defense | News
UPDATE: A Senate vote to confirm David Bernhardt for Secretary of Interior could happen as soon as Wednesday, April 10 or Thursday, April 11. ACT NOW and...
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Act Now to Save Montana’s Big Hole
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Big Hole is movie beautiful, running 155 miles from headwaters in Southwest Montana’s Beaverhead Range down the verdant Big Hole Valley, tumbling...
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Suit Filed to Protect Colorado River and Prevent Dam Expansion in Boulder County
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Conservation Coalition Seeks to Halt Denver Water’s Moffat Project A coalition of conservation groups filed suit today in federal district court seeking...
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Mapping Hurricane Florence
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
With rivers still rising in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, Catawba Riverkeeper Sam Perkins created this story map to give the public a sense of...
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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...
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Waterkeeper Fights to Keep Clean Water Act Protections
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Waterkeepers challenge industry and Oklahoma AG’s attempts to strip protections from critically important waterways Waterkeeper Alliance, Grand Riverkeeper,...
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Coalition Files ‘Notice Of Intent To Sue’ Against Denver Water’s Gross Dam Project
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Conservation Coalition Sends ‘Notice Of Intent To Sue’ Alleging Denver Water’s Gross Dam Project Violates Endangered Species Act Yesterday, a coalition...
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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...
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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...
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Massive Utah Oil Shale Project Threatens Public Health, Water Supply
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Conservation groups today formally opposed the Trump administration’s plan to facilitate the first commercial oil shale development in the United States,...
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Push to Slash Protections for Waterways, Wetlands
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging two regulations that weaken Clean Water Act protections for rivers, streams, wetlands, and other...
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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...
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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...
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Species From Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Water Protections
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing...
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Hydropower is NOT Clean Energy: Dams and Reservoirs are Major Drivers of Climate Change
- By: Kate Hudson
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy
On November 8, 2017, the House of Representatives approved a bill, H.R. 3043, that defines hydropower as a renewable energy source and fast-tracks the...