Environmental Groups File Lawsuits Against Trump Administration for Toxic Water Pollution Rollbacks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging the Trump administration’s recent rollback...
Act Now: Our Toxic Coal Ash Legacy
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Coal-fired power plants are by far the single largest contributor of toxic pollutants such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead to waterways across the United...
Protect The Bahamas — Say No to Offshore Oil Drilling
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) is planning to open the pristine waters of The Bahamas to offshore oil drilling, exposing the small island nation and...
140 Groups Call on Trans Mountain’s Insurers to Drop the Pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Today, 140 organizations representing 24 million people sent a letter to the current insurers of Trans Mountain, urging them to stop insuring the tar sands...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancelled After Years of Activism, Waterkeepers React to the Win
- By: ajcarapella
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
By Julia Widmann and Malaika Elias, organizers at Waterkeeper Alliance In an unexpected series of pipeline-related wins for communities of color and environmental...
Demand Insurance Giants Stop Underwriting the Trans Mountain Pipeline
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
You have an important opportunity to stand for climate action, while defending clean water and Indigenous rights: Join us in demanding that insurance giants...
Waterkeepers in Alabama Fight for Virtual Coal Ash Hearings During Pandemic
- By: Julia Widmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Last week, Mobile Baykeeper, Coosa Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, and several partners in Alabama swiftly jumped into action to protect the health...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Rollback of Clean Water Act Section 401
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized damaging changes to its state water quality certification regulations under Section 401 of the...
Southern Oregon advocates challenge federal approval of Jordan Cove LNG
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Today, southern Oregon organizations filed a lawsuit challenging Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal...
Thank Congress for standing up to Big Oil!
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
In late April, sixteen Members of Congress joined together to take a stand against Big Oil and proposed offshore drilling in the waters of The Bahamas,...
Insurers Must Address World’s Greatest Threat by Supporting Green and Fair Recovery
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
NGOs warn industry risks repeating mistakes made when it identified pandemic danger. Insurers must champion a green and fair recovery from the COVID-19...
A Silver Lining in the Time of Coronavirus
- By: Boulder Waterkeeper
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
By Ted Ross, Boulder Waterkeeper and Pacific Region Waterkeeper Council Representative While we are still in the midst of a critical public-health phase...
Now’s Our Chance: A Future Free of Fossil Fuels
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
UPDATE 5/13/2020: This post has been updated to reflect that the “Resources for Workforce Investments, not Drilling (REWIND) Act,” a comprehensive...
Listen to the Past: Don’t Drill Paradise
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
There’s an old saying that goes something like this: Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. This week marks the 10th Anniversary...
Oregonians Unite to Demand Rehearing on Jordan Cove LNG Federal Approval
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
The Klamath Tribes, affected landowners, and public interest organizations request rehearing on fracked gas export terminal and pipeline in southern Oregon....
10 Years After the BP Disaster, Still Fighting Offshore Drilling and Environmental Injustice
- By: Julia Widmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Ten years ago today, on the evening of April 20, 2020, the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. This horrific catastrophe...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Mercury Emissions Rollback
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to finalize its plans to undermine its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards regulations, which protect...
Liberty Mutual Faces Pressure to Exit Tar Sands from Policyholders, Climate and Indigenous Rights Groups
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Broad coalition pledges to ramp up the campaign on Liberty Mutual following inaction at the company’s annual policyholder meeting Today, at its annual...
Tell EPA: Stop Bailing Out Big Coal!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Not only is the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposing to allow coal-burning power plants to release more coal ash toxins into our...
North Carolina Settlement Results in Largest Coal Ash Cleanup in America
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Community Groups, N.C. DEQ and Duke Energy Reach Settlement to Clean Up Coal Ash at Six North Carolina Sites The Southern Environmental Law Center today...
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...
No More Coal Ash Toxics in Our Waters!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
For decades, coal-fired power plants have profited from being allowed to dump unlimited amounts of toxic coal ash pollutants into our waterways, pushing...
Stop EPA’s Latest Assault on Our Health and Our Planet: Oppose Weakening of EPA’s Methane Rule
- By: Kate Hudson
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Responding to pressure from the White House and the fossil fuel industry, EPA is putting protection of our health and our planet on the chopping block...
Stop the Spread of Coal Ash Contamination!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The Trump administration’s weakening of public protections from coal pollution is not saving the dying coal industry and has done nothing to help struggling...
Groups Announce Historic Coal Ash Cleanup Agreement with Brunner Island
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Brunner Island Power Plant Owners Agree to $1 Million Penalty, Largest Ever Assessed in PA for Coal Ash Pollution Four environmental groups today announced...
Legal Petition Seeks Ban on Plastic Pollution From Petrochemical Plants
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Decades-old EPA Limits Require Update As Plastic Production Booms More than 270 community and conservation organizations filed a legal petition today that...
Call for our Coasts and Climate
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
In early 2018, the Trump administration announced plans to expand the areas open to offshore drilling. These plans would increase drilling in the Gulf...
Stop Senator Inhofe’s Misuse of Military Spending Bill
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma is using his position as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and the military funding process to...
Put an End to Oregon’s Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitter
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
For over a decade, communities and groups like Rogue Riverkeeper in Oregon have been fighting a proposal for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility...
10 Big Local Wins Against Dirty Energy
- By: Ellen Simon
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Waterkeepers around the world fight for clean water. As Waterkeeper Alliance turns 20, we’re looking at some of their biggest wins. These fights are...