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Endangered Species Need Our Help | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Have you ever wondered what that strange-looking fish portrayed in Waterkeeper Alliance’s logo is? It is an Atlantic sturgeon! Atlantic sturgeon have...
Tell Congress: No free pass for CAFOs | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Today, the vast majority of our meat comes from enormous “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations” (CAFOs), which often raise thousands of animals in...
Responsible Infrastructure Should Not Sacrifice Clean Water | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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On Monday, February 12, the Trump Administration released its “framework for rebuilding infrastructure in America.” Instead of a much-needed fix for...
Cape Town’s Drought, A Frightening Reminder to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Co-written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal It is hard to believe that a city could run out of water; for a ‘Day Zero’ to actually take place. Yet,...
Tell Congress: Attacks on Clean Water Have No Place in the Budget | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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President Trump today revealed his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, once again proposing massive cuts to environmental programs. Remarkably, this...
Oklahoma DEQ’s Toxic Coal Ash Plan Threatens Public
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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U.S. EPA to Hold Feb 13 Hearing on Proposal to Replace Federal Requirements The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing on...
Join us in Speaking Out for Stronger Protections from Coal Ash Pollution
- By: ajcarapella
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By Rebecca Jim, Tar Creekkeeper & Earl Hatley, Grand Riverkeeper The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public hearing on a proposal...
When our oceans are for sale, who benefits?
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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This article was made possible by the readers and supporters of AlterNet. If the Trump administration gets its way, nearly every coast on the continental...
Let’s Sink Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Lesley Adams
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In a gift to polluting fossil fuel industries, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently released its new five-year plan (called the “Draft Proposed...
GANT enters partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Every day, approximately 2 million tons of industrial and agricultural waste and sewage is discharged into our waterways. By partnering with Waterkeeper...
Don’t Let ‘Zombie’ Projects Come Back to Life! | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Over the past year, we have seen the Trump Administration and members of Congress try to bring “zombie” projects back to life. These are projects that...
Hartnett White Still Unfit to Lead Council on Environmental Quality
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Co-written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal UPDATE: The White House withdrew its nominee Kathleen Hartnett White to head the Council on Environmental...
Adding Insult to Injury: More Offshore Drilling, Less Oversight | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Not only is the Trump Administration proposing to massively increase the offshore areas open to oil and gas drilling, it also wants to let drilling companies...
Protect the Public Lands We Love | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Powerful polluters have many resources at their disposal to sway government decisions in their favor. Often companies will influence decision-makers both...
NC DEQ Allows a Delay of Toxic Pollution Limits in Permit for Duke Energy’s Marshall Coal Ash Site in Lake Norman
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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In response to legal action by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Sierra Club, and Waterkeeper Alliance,...
Bayou Bridge Fight Heads to Federal Court
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Complaint alleges government failed to consider irreparable harm to Atchafalaya River Basin Representing the interests of the millions of people who use,...
Trump Is Giving Our Oceans to the Oil Industry
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Over the summer, we alerted you that at the direction of the Trump administration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) was beginning to develop...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to President Trump’s Offshore Drilling 5-Year Plan
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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The Trump administration today announced its proposal to open the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and Arctic Sea to offshore drilling....
Environmental Groups Reach Settlement with State Regarding Response to Citizen Complaints
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Yesterday, Waterkeeper Alliance, Cape Fear River Watch and the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN), represented by Elizabeth Haddix and...
Thank You for Your Commitment to Clean Water | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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We launched Dive into Democracy in March of 2017, at a time when we were becoming overwhelmed by a deluge of federal legislative and policy developments...
Trump Administration Grants Permits to Extend DAPL Through Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, Threatening Jobs and Water Quality
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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The New Orleans District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers today issued a permit authorizing Bayou Bridge Pipeline, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer...
Is Bitcoin Destroying Tibet’s Rivers?
- By: Gary Wockner
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As the price of Bitcoin reaches record highs, an eerie underworld of Chinese computer hackers has descended on the Himalayas to exploit the cheapest electricity...
No More Budget Limbo | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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After wasting time pushing forward a disastrous tax plan, Congress is now scrambling to keep the federal government funded. Funding was set to run out...
Trump’s EPA Nominee Is So Bad, Even His Supporters Say No
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, passed under the Obama administration in 2016,...
Court Orders Evaluation of Murphy-Brown Hog Operations Identified as Threats to Groundwater
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Conservation Groups Seek Cleanup of Murphy-Brown’s Pollution in 3 Eastern NC River Basins Yesterday, a federal court agreed with conservation groups...
Tell the Trump Administration: National Parks are for Everyone!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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“There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in...
Dongting Lake Waterkeeper: Protector of the Finless Porpoise
- By: Dongting Lake Waterkeeper
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By BingXiu He, Dongting Lake Waterkeeper With a round head, charming smile, and lively character, the Yangtze finless porpoise is easy to fall in love...
In North Carolina, We’ve Seen How Pruitt’s Appointee Advises
- By: ajcarapella
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By Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Matthew Starr and Catawba Riverkeeper Sam Perkins Scott Pruitt’s recent decisions to purge EPA’s Science Advisory Board...
Are You Ready for #GivingTuesday?
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Tomorrow, November 28 is #GivingTuesday, which means we have 24 hours to turn an ordinary Tuesday into something more. That is why we are so excited to...
Robbing Our Future to Pay the Rich | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Waterkeeper Alliance was founded to ensure the protection of one of our greatest natural resources—water—so all can safely enjoy and benefit from our...