Statement of Peter A. Harrison to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
- By: Pete Harrison
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to address the United States Commission on Civil Rights today. My name is Peter Harrison and I am an...
Taylor Energy Public Forum Highlights Serious Risks of Offshore Oil Drilling
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Taylor Energy argues that oil leak simply cannot be stopped New York, NY and Baton Rouge, LA – January 21, 2016 – Yesterday, Taylor Energy held a...
Call to Obama Administration: Keep Our Oil and Gas in the Ground
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Drilling and Fracking of Oil and Gas on Public Lands a Major Climate Threat, Groups Call for Restraint and Detailed Study Washington, D.C.—Environmental...
Will Climate Change Swamp Cartagena?
- By: Gary Wockner
- Climate And Safe Energy
It’s November 2015 and I’m walking along the streets of Old Town Cartagena, Colombia, just a couple blocks from the Caribbean Sea. It’s supposed...
Groups’ Push for Transparency Results in Public Forum on Taylor Energy’s Decade-Long Oil Leak in Gulf of Mexico
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Opportunity for the public to assess response and impacts on ecosystem NEW YORK, NY and BATON ROUGE, LA — January 11, 2016 — Taylor Energy will be...
Citizens groups, state reach historic settlement with Frasure Creek over water pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Deal sends strong signal to incoming Bevin administration Frankfort, KY – A coalition of citizens groups entered a settlement late last night with Frasure...
New Investigative Report Documents Threat from Oil Trains on Nation’s Neglected Rail Infrastructure
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
With a 5,000% increase in oil train traffic, Waterkeepers across the U.S. identify significant areas of concern with 114 railway bridges along known and...
Veil of Secrecy Finally Lifted on Taylor Energy’s Decade Long Oil Leak
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
September 3, 2015, New York, NY and New Orleans, LA — Today Waterkeeper Alliance, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, and Louisiana Environmental Action Network,...
Study Reveals 100% Renewable Energy In Chile Can Save 1,500 Lives A Year
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Chile’s Citizens’ Committee on Climate Change labels government plans for climate action insufficient. Santiago, Chile – A new study has been...
Extreme weather event unfolds further in Vietnam with toxic spills and flooding now from multiple coal mine and power plant sites surrounding Ha Long Bay
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Quang Ninh, Vietnam – August 1, 2015: Ongoing and forecast increased downpours in northeastern Vietnam have now seen toxic spills and flooding from...
Heavy Rains in Vietnam Cause an Avalanche of Coal Waste, Threatening Communities and Ha Long Bay World Heritage Site
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Quang Ninh, Vietnam – July 30, 2015: Over the past two days, heavy seasonal rains in northeastern Vietnam have flooded local communities with industrial...
Judge Allows Taylor Energy Case to Move Forward
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
NEW ORLEANS, LA — July 9, 2015 — Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan dismissed Taylor Energy’s motion for summary judgment,...
Gulf Power and Conservation Groups Agree on Plan to Contain Coal Ash Pollution along Apalachicola River
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Company Will Take Measures to Move Toxic Threat Away from Apalachicola River TALLAHASSEE – In a landmark legal settlement reached today with three conservation...
Duke Energy Agrees to Clean Up more North Carolina Coal Ash Dumps
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Three more rivers to be protected from coal ash threat, while others left behind Today, Duke Energy added three sites to the list of North Carolina facilities...
Norwegian Parliament Set to Ban Coal Investments
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Last week, Donna Lisenby, Clean and Safe Energy Campaign Manager of Waterkeeper Alliance, was invited to Oslo, Norway by Heffa Schücking of Urgewald...
Great Lakes Waterkeepers and Waterkeeper Alliance Urge Canadian Authorities to Ditch the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Groups Renew Plea to U.S. Secretary of State to Oppose Threat to Drinking Water Supply for 40 Million People NEW YORK, NY – May 27, 2015 – Environmentalists...
Judge Rules True Extent and Impact of Taylor Energy Oil Spill Can’t be Kept from the Public
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Federal government and Taylor Energy have tried to keep secret the details of a spill that could bleed oil into the Gulf for a century May 21, 2015, New...
Asheville Coal Plant Retirement Signals End to Coal Ash Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Continued Reliance on Fossil Fuels Troubling to the Region May 19 – Asheville, NC – In an announcement today, Duke Energy revealed a proposal to...
Waterkeeper Alliance Pushes for Meaningful Oil Tank Car Safety Regulations
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
New DOT Rule Fails to Provide Meaningful Protections May 14, 2015, New York, NY — Waterkeeper Alliance and Spokane Riverkeeper today joined...
Hudson River Groups Warn New Crude Oil Regulations Still Leave Public and River at Risk
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
May 1, 2015 – HUDSON VALLEY, NY – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released regulations today outlining new requirements for the design...
Groups Urge Public Process for Ongoing Taylor Energy Oil Spill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
NEW ORLEANS, LA — April 23, 2015 — Apalachicola Riverkeeper, Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Waterkeeper Alliance today petitioned...
Duke Energy Must Provide Clean Water to All Residents Affected by Coal Ash Contamination
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
NEW YORK, NY — April 22, 2015 — Letters recently mailed to residents by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
Remembering the BP Oil Disaster
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Written by Casi Callaway, Mobile Baykeeper I bet you can remember exactly where you were when the World Trade Towers fell on September 11, 2001. If you’re...
Environmental Groups applaud the divestment of shares from a company that proposed to build Senegal’s largest coal-fired power plant due to societal and environmental impacts of the company
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
UPDATE – MAY 12, 2015 – Waterkeeper Alliance and groups applaud development banks in Africa and the Netherlands for suspending funding for...
Groups Sue Frasure Creek Mining
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Pikeville, Ky. – A coalition of citizens groups today filed a federal lawsuit against Frasure Creek Mining, LLC, for submitting to the state more than...
National Coalition Plus Tens of Thousands Submit Comments Opposing West Coast Fracked Gas Export Plan
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Portland, Ore. – On behalf of a diverse national coalition, including conservation, commercial fishing and private property owners, the Western Environmental...
Waterkeeper Alliance Calls for Immediate Action to Protect Communities from Dangers of Crude Transport by Rail in Aftermath of West Virginia CSX Train Derailment
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
West Virginia Headwaters Waterkeeper urges protection of communities through full public disclosure, as required in many states February 17, 2015 —...
Dan River core samples show coal ash in sediment 40 miles from spill site
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
January 30, 2015 — MILTON, NC — Samples taken Friday morning from the Dan River bottom in Milton, about 40 miles from the site of a massive...
CSX Train Derailment and Chemical Spill in Allendale, SC Latest in a Long String of Incidents Highlighting Lax Industry Regulations
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Savannah Riverkeeper on the ground calling for public transparency and cleanup January 28, 2015 — Yesterday’s chemical spill which resulted from...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Coal Ash Disposal Regs
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Rule will not adequately protect water or communities; Fails to follow science and properly designate coal ash as hazardous waste New York, NY —...