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EPA Media Freeze Puts Lives At Risk
- By: Donna Lisenby
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Yesterday, the Trump administration ordered specific prohibitions banning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing press releases, blog...
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ACT NOW: EPA Is In Danger
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Yesterday, Senate Democrats on the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hosted a panel discussion to further examine U.S. Environmental...
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Declaration on the assassination of Aldemar Parra Garcia
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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The undersigning organizations condemn the assassination of Aldemar Parra García and express our deepest condolences to his family. Facts On January 7,...
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Squaw Valley Expands World Cup Weekend with Addition of Toyota Ski ProAm Competition
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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While the top women’s alpine ski racers in the world prepare to descend on Squaw Valley March 10-11 for the Audi FIS Women’s World Cup Giant Slalom...
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Ecology’s CAFO Water Quality Permit Sacrifices Public Health, Drinking Water, Shellfish Beds
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Location: Seattle Today, a coalition environmental, public health, social justice and public interest advocates and organizations representing tens of...
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EPA Expresses “Deep Concern” Over Discriminatory Impacts of Industrial Hog Operations in North Carolina
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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CHAPEL HILL, NC – In a January 12th letter to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), the United States Environmental Protection...
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Coal barge carrying 1,000 tonnes of coal sinks in the Sundarbans World Heritage site
- By: Donna Lisenby
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH — On Friday January 13th, the MV Aichgati, a large bulk cargo vessel carrying 1,000 tonnes of coal, sank in the estuary of the Pashur...
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NCEJN and Allies Respond to Latest Attack by Hog Industry
- By: ajcarapella
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This post originally appeared on North Carolina Environmental Justice Network’s website. Bullies don’t like it when you fight back. For decades,...
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Naropa 2016: A Call to Action to Protect Himalayan Waterways
- By: Marc Yaggi
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With all of the negative energy, fake news, trolling, hate speech and more invading our daily lives, it is refreshing to take some time to focus on people...
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Saving the Surma River from “Going Down the Toilet”
- By: ajcarapella
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Written by Sharif Jamil, Coordinator, Waterkeepers Bangladesh After numerous protests from Surma River Waterkeeper, other green voices, local people and...
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Trump’s Cabinet Will Throw Us Into Environmental Catastrophe
- By: Marc Yaggi
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ACT NOW: Write your Senator today and demand they do not approve Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Ryan Zinke, and Rex Tillerson to Trump’s Cabinet. The facts...
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The Legal Reasons DAPL Is Not Dead
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
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Daniel E. Estrin is General Counsel and Legal Director for Waterkeeper Alliance. Like many concerned citizens, I initially felt great relief on December...
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Environmental Groups Challenge NCDEQ For Failing To Respond to Citizen Complaints
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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RALEIGH, NC – Yesterday, Waterkeeper Alliance, Cape Fear River Watch and the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) joined together to...
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North Carolina Communities Impacted by CAFOs Ask EPA to Make A Finding of Discrimination By Year’s End
- By: ajcarapella
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By Elizabeth Haddix, Senior Staff Attorney, UNC Center for Civil Rights African American, Latino, and Native American residents of Eastern North Carolina...
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Do You Stand With Standing Rock? #NoDAPL Month of Action Starts Today!
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Water Protectors at Standing Rock are asking for your help with a Month of Solidarity through December. Here’s a few things you can do to help the folks...
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“Dirty Dozen” Calls Out Most Threatened Waters in Georgia
- By: ajcarapella
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Written by Georgia Water Coalition, a group of more than 230 organizations including Altamaha Riverkeeper, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, Chattachoochee Riverkeeper,...
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BNSF Railway will clean up coal pollution in Washington waters
- By: Bart Mihailovich
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A coalition of environmental organizations and BNSF Railway (BNSF) have reached an agreement in principle that will ensure that BNSF starts to clean up...
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Stop Dakota Access Before It’s Too Late
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Our deadly addiction to fossil fuels and our too slow transition to a clean energy economy is threatening our very existence, and ultimately forces...
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We Continue Our Fight
- By: Marc Yaggi
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As news of yesterday’s U.S. Presidential election reverberates around the world, we want to assure you that it will not deter the Waterkeeper movement’s...
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EXPOSING FIELDS OF FILTH
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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After Hurricane, First Detailed Look at Flooding of Feces-Laden N.C. Factory Farms By Soren Rundquist, Director of Spatial Analysis, Environmental Working...
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2016 Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Retreat Recap
- By: Bart Mihailovich
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At the end of October on the sprawling grounds of the Georgia Wildlife Federation Alcovy Conservation Center in Covington, Georgia, 41 attendees representing...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on President Obama to Halt the Dakota Access Pipeline and Uphold the Rights of Water Protectors
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Today, in a letter to President Obama, Waterkeeper Alliance called for the President, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to order an immediate halt...
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Waterkeeper Alliance and Upper Neuse Riverkeeper at Sound Rivers Respond to News of Coal Ash Release from the Duke Energy H.F. Lee Facility in Goldsboro, NC
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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BREAKING NEWS RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA — Late on Friday afternoon, Duke Energy informed the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality...
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Waterkeeper Alliance and North Carolina Riverkeepers Conduct Aerial Patrols, Document Hog Waste Contamination and Flooded Coal Ash Ponds
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA — Waterkeeper Alliance continues to activate its Rapid Response protocol with 13 North Carolina Riverkeeper organizations...
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The Coal Mine and the Town It Will Swallow
- By: Paul Winn
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It’s not easy to admit for a coal campaigner, but after 10 years of sustained campaigning, my home town of Newcastle, at the mouth of the Hunter River...
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Waterkeeper Alliance and Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Respond to Duke Energy Cooling Pond Dam Breach of Quaker Neck Lake
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Today, Waterkeeper Alliance and Upper Neuse Riverkeeper are responding to and documenting the breach of a 1.2-billion-gallon cooling pond dam at Duke Energy’s...
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Waterkeeper Alliance and North Carolina Riverkeepers Respond to Hurricane Matthew Flooding in North Carolina
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Offering opportunities for aerial flights over impacted areas RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA — As treacherous floods continue to devastate North Carolina...
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Pipeline Protests: Many Tools, One United Goal
- By: ajcarapella
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Written by Natalie Jensen, Legal Intern, Clean and Safe Energy Campaign After years of growth amidst opposition from concerned citizens, fossil fuel pipeline...
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Inspiration In The Year Of The Monkey
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Earlier this month, Waterkeeper Alliance’s Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Sharon Khan, and I traveled to remote Ladakh, India in the northern reaches of...
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Judge Finds Taylor Energy Improperly Limited Third-Party Review of Information Surrounding Ongoing Oil Spill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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As oil slick appears to grow larger, company violates terms of settlement agreement NEW ORLEANS, LA — September 22, 2016 — United States District...