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Groups File Lawsuit to Stop New Diversion and Protect Flows in Colorado River


Suit seeks to halt Windy Gap Firming Project and force alternatives A coalition of environmental groups today filed a lawsuit in federal court to prevent...

Bayou City Waterkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance Respond to Harvey Devastation


Bayou City Waterkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance are responding to Hurricane Harvey, working to assess the damage the record-breaking storm has brought...

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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to WOTUS Withdrawal


NEW YORK, NY – Continuing its march toward elimination of key Clean Water Act protections, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued...

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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from Paris Agreement


President Trump’s decision is divorced from reality and puts the United States on the wrong side of history. NEW YORK, NY – President Trump today...

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Waterkeeper Alliance Submits Comments Opposing EPA Regulatory Rollbacks


Waterkeeper Alliance, along with 121 Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates, submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late...

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Environmental Groups to Sue EPA Over Unsafe Waters in New York City


Lax Oversight Allows City and State to Evade Health Protections, Continue Massive Sewer Overflows NEW YORK, NY — A coalition of New York City and regional...

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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA Regulatory Reform Process


Waterkeeper Alliance sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today requesting an opportunity to discuss...

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on Climate


Today, President Trump signed an executive order that will have grave climate impacts. The order rolls back many Obama Administration initiatives to curb...

Trump’s Misrepresentation of WOTUS – And Why It Matters


On February 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to begin a series of actions, long sought by industry, that will allow uncontrolled discharges...

As Okla. Attorney General, EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Did Nothing to Protect Oklahomans from Toxic Swine Waste


By Kelly Hunter Foster, Waterkeeper Alliance Senior Attorney, Melanie Benesh, EWG and Wicitra Mahotama, EWG Oklahoma has a dangerous and widespread groundwater...

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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Scott Pruitt’s Confirmation as EPA Administrator


Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the U.S. EPA — an agency he has sued 14 times in the past 6 years to block its...

Senate Democrats to Host Panel Discussion on Pruitt Nomination


*MEDIA ADVISORY* Ranking Member Carper, Senate Democrats to Host Panel Discussion on Pruitt Nomination WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the committee hearing...

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President Trump’s Pipeline Orders Threaten Public Waters


Today, President Trump signed presidential memorandums to advance construction of the Dakota Access and the Keystone XL pipelines that will threaten the...

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Water Transfers Rule Decision


Waterkeeper Alliance is very disappointed in the Second Circuit’s 2-1 reversal of the summary judgment granted in our favor by the district court,...

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Waterkeeper Alliance | 2016 Annual Report


Thanks to your generous support, Waterkeeper Alliance had a remarkable fiscal year. As of June 30, 2016, Waterkeeper Alliance had 292 Member and Affiliate...

Waterkeeper Alliance Petitions EPA To End Federal Contracts With ExxonMobil


Environmental group says U.S. cannot do business with oil company that intentionally misleads Americans about climate change New York, NY — Today,...

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Speaks At Standing Rock Reservation in Protest of Pipeline


Waterkeeper Alliance President says pipeline’s inevitable leak will poison drinking water of 18 million STANDING ROCK – Yesterday, to prevent one of...

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Waterkeeper Alliance and North Carolina Riverkeepers Launch “The True Cost of Industrial Meat Production” Environmental Justice Video Campaign


Series captures environmental injustices perpetrated by the pork industry against North Carolina’s most vulnerable populations NEW YORK, NY — Waterkeeper...

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Waterkeeper Alliance Notifies EPA of Intent to Sue to Compel Action on Drinking Water Regulations


Click here to access the full Notice of Intent to Sue.  EPA has missed ten Safe Drinking Water Act deadlines for monitoring and regulating strontium,...

Environmental Groups Win National Victory for Clean Water


Agreement reached with EPA to adopt stronger standards in management of industrial stormwater pollution NEW YORK, NY – August 17, 2016 – A coalition...

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Curing China’s “Cancer Villages”


Shadowing Mr. Huo, the Upper Huai River Waterkeeper, also known as the “Huai River Guardian (淮河卫士)” in China, on a typical patrol day was,...

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His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, Live to Love International and Waterkeeper Alliance Launch Himalayan Initiative to Protect the Waters of Ladakh and Himalayas


Building a movement to gather data necessary to combat the impacts of climate change on the, the Himalayas, the world’s largest freshwater resource LADAKH,...

Waterkeeper Alliance Opposes “Monsanto Shield” Provision in Chemical Safety Reform Legislation


NEW YORK, NY — April 19, 2016 — Waterkeeper Alliance and 55 Waterkeeper member organizations and affiliates across the country are urging President...

Environmental Groups: Federal Government Tried to Hide Serious Harm to Endangered Species from Industrial Cooling Systems


Ask court to compel agencies to release original biological opinion finding EPA’s cooling water rule will jeopardize endangered species NEW YORK, NY...

Bangladesh’s Ratargul Swamp Forest Poisoned in Act of Environmental Sabotage


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Sylhet, Bangladesh ­— October 26, 2015 —  Unknown culprits have poisoned a prominent canal in the Ratargul Swamp Forest...

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s final Power Plant Toxic Water Pollution Rule


NEW YORK, NY — Today, the United States Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule setting limits on toxic water pollution from power...

Waterkeeper Alliance and Colorado Partner Groups Assess Impacts of Animas River Spill


Durango, Colorado and New York, NY – Yesterday’s spill of one million gallons of wastewater from an abandoned mine into the Animas River, a tributary...

Lawsuit Challenges Loopholes in New EPA Rule Exempting Wetlands and Streams From Clean Water Act Protections


In Bow to Industry, EPA Rule Hurts Water Quality, Human Health and Wildlife Across Country WASHINGTON—Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging...

Groups File Lawsuit Against EPA’s Weak Industrial Stormwater Permit


Challenge vague limits that will be ineffective in controlling discharge of pollution from many industrial facilities into nation’s waterways New York,...

US EPA and Army Corps Issue Weak Clean Water Rule


EPA rolls back protections for streams and rivers New York, NY and Washington, DC – May 27, 2015 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and...