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Restoring Eroded Farmland through Creative Partnerships
- By: Haw Riverkeeper
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By Emily Sutton, the Haw Riverkeeper with Haw River Assembly. Reposted with permission from Haw River Assembly. Controlling Erosion with Mushrooms Saxapahaw,...

Reclaiming the Commons
- By: Guest Contributor
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Some Thoughts on Rivers, Wildlife, and People By James G. Blaine and Bernard W. Sweeney I. The Tragedy of the Commons “Picture a pasture open to all,”...

In 2020, River Protection Along China’s Beiyun Continued
- By: Guest Contributor
- Clean Water Defense | News
Photos and text by Ms. Wong, Green Earth Volunteers Green Earth Volunteers, home to Beiyun Waterkeeper, has been dedicated to observing and protecting...

Tell Biden: It’s time to put clean water and a healthy environment front and center
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense | News
With the Biden administration set to assume power next month, we’re strategizing what the next four years will mean for our movement to protect clean...

Statement Regarding Attempt to Silence Citizen Advocacy in Chile
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Marc Yaggi, executive director of Waterkeeper Alliance, released the following statement regarding attempts to silence the voice of the environmental defender...

Local Clean Water Wins from the November 2020 Election
- By: Julia Widmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Clean water was *literally* on the ballot on November 3 for many counties and states across the United States. Local and state ballot initiatives asked...

It’s time for NC to make a simple, scientific, change to improve its water quality standards
- By: Catawba Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
North Carolina is behind Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi in water quality standards By Brandon Jones, Catawba Riverkeeper Gov. Roy...

Life on a Boat on Dongting Lake
- By: Waterkeepers China
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Katherine Olson, Communications Associate with Waterkeepers China Many environmental organizations know the importance of getting youth engaged with...

Protecting the Great Lakes at the Source
- By: Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Jill Jedlicka, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper The source, or headwaters, of a river or stream is the critical building block of waterways that influence...

This Holiday Season, Buy Locally from Sustainable Farmers
- By: Broad Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
By David Caldwell, Broad Riverkeeper with MountainTrue. Originally published by MountainTrue. Photos by Colfax Creek Farm. As we approach the holiday season,...

It’s long past time NC takes action on pollution from poultry
- By: Haw Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
By Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper The unregulated poultry industry in North Carolina is burgeoning, with the number of chickens and turkeys increasing 17...

Count Every Vote
- By: Marc Yaggi
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We’re in the midst of an historic election season. As many as 160 million Americans are expected to vote this year; some are predicting voter turnout...

Searching for the world’s only freshwater porpoise
- By: Guest Contributor
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Katherine Olson, Communications Associate with Waterkeepers China As the motorboat skims across the surface, Dongting Lake lake stretches infinitely...

Why you should care about seabed mining
- By: Twin Harbors Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Lee First, Twin Harbors Waterkeeper. Originally published by Twin Harbors Waterkeeper. “What are we sacrificing by looking at the deep sea with dollar...

Act Now: Our Toxic Coal Ash Legacy
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- Clean 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...

Protecting the Clean Water Act is more important than ever
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Marc Yaggi, executive director of Waterkeeper Alliance. Originally published in The Hill. This month in 1972, President Nixon vetoed the bipartisan...

Pipelines for Hog Waste Gas are Dirty Energy
- By: Jill Howell
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
By Jill Howell, Pamlico Tar Riverkeeper, Sound Rivers Our nation is moving away from dangerous pipelines — and it’s a move for the better. In July,...

Protecting, Preserving, and Restoring the Floodplain
- By: Matthew Starr
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
By Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper. Originally published by Sound Rivers. We still have more than a month left in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season,...

Show your appreciation for environmentally conscious farmers
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms Pure Waters
A lot of folks in North Carolina produce meat. The state ranks second nationally in pork production and is among the nation’s leaders in poultry production....

A win for the Marañón? Energy company moves to terminate dam contract, but what will the Peruvian government do?
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
One of the companies with a concession to build a mega dam on the Marañón River, the main hydrological source of the Amazon, has formally asked the Peruvian...

New Life for Hann Bay
- By: Tom Quinn
- Clean Water Defense | News
Senegal’s Hann Bay was once a sparkling jewel with white sand beaches that ran from the industrial port of Dakar about eight miles to the outskirts of...

United States: ‘If we continue to place our own individuality at the centre of our existence we will collapse on ourselves’
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By Alicia Kroemer. Originally published by Minority Rights Group International in Minorities and Indigenous Trends 2020: Focus on Technology. Featuring...

Get Out the Vote: Mobilize Your Friends
- By: Marc Yaggi
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You’re likely to be someone who votes in every single election, the type of person campaigns call a super voter. Now is the time to recruit your friends...

Georgia Waterkeepers Ask Citizens to “Vote Yes on Amendment 1”
- By: Julia Widmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Julia Widmann, Waterkeeper Alliance Organizer, Gulf and South Atlantic Regions Photos by Joe Cook Waterkeepers in Georgia are asking Georgia citizens...

Super voters, assemble! It’s up to all of us to participate in our democracy.
- By: Will Hendrick
- Clean Water Defense | News
You have it in your power to increase voter turnout. And you can do it just by having conversations with people you already know. Start by talking to...

River Patrol at Your Fingertips: Exploration that Transcends Time and Space
- By: Gan River Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
Written and photographed by Gan River Waterkeeper Translated by Katherine Olson, Waterkeepers China Communications Associate Originally published by the...

Ratificación del Acuerdo de Escazú y la protección de los ríos amazónicos
- By: Amazonas Perú Waterkeeper
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Por María Sembrero de Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR), Amazonas Perú Waterkeeper Los ríos amazónicos han sufrido terribles impactos, producidos...

The Ratification of the Escazú Agreement and the protection of Amazon rivers
- By: Amazonas Perú Waterkeeper
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By María Sembrero of Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) — parent organization of Amazonas Perú Waterkeeper The rivers of the Amazon have...

The safety of environmental defenders depends on the Escazú Agreement
- By: Rafaela Iturralde
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“Last Friday, Roberto Carlos Pacheco Villanueva was assassinated. He and his father, Demetrio Pacheco, had been threatened by illegal miners and invaders...

Protect The Bahamas — Say No to Offshore Oil Drilling
- By: Chris Wilke
- Clean 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...