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Fields of Filth: Landmark Report Maps Feces-Laden Hog and Chicken Operations in North Carolina
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Waterkeeper Alliance, North Carolina Riverkeeper organizations and Environmental Working Group collaborate on unprecedented GIS initiative showing the...
Sixth Annual “Celebrate the River” Student Art Contest Held at the Americana Hotel in Nogales, AZ
- By: Blue Evening Star
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The Sixth Annual “Celebrate the River” Student Art Contest was a huge success! Hosted by Friends of the Santa Cruz River, a Waterkeeper Alliance Affiliate...
Remando Juntos
- By: Benjamin Webb
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Marañón Waterkeeper is paddling to save the source of the Amazon from 20 massive hydro dams. The strongest movements start with people, whether they...
“Luck” Is Not An Oil Train Disaster Plan
- By: Marc Yaggi
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On Friday, June 3, a train carrying Bakken crude oil, which was fracked in North Dakota and bound for a refinery in Puget Sound, derailed and exploded...
Waterkeeper Alliance and iSow Announce Strategic Partnership
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Waterkeeper Alliance and iSow today announced their strategic partnership, bringing together the largest and fastest growing nonprofit solely focused...
Waterkeepers Bangladesh and London Waterkeeper Partnership Launched
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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On the fourth day of the 2016 Waterkeeper Alliance global conference, Buriganga Riverkeeper, Surma River Waterkeeper, Khowai River Waterkeeper and London...
Saving The St. Lawrence
- By: Lee Willbanks
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This post originally appeared on AmericanRivers.org, as part of their America’s Most Endangered Rivers® series spotlighting the St. Lawrence River....
SweetWater Brewing Company To Give $100,000 For Clean Water Initiatives
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Save Our Water Campaign to Generate $100,000 in Matching Funds for $200,000+ Total ATLANTA – SweetWater Brewing Company is broadening its annual Save...
Miles Offshore With Nowhere To Hide
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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On Thursday, May 12, an estimated 88,000 gallons of oil leaked from a pipeline leading to a Shell platform 97 miles off the coast of Louisiana was detected...
Court voids discharge permit for proposed Big Box store
- By: Michael Howell
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On Monday, May 16, Helena District Court Judge Mike Menahan ruled in favor of the non-profit organizations Bitterrooters for Planning (BfP) and Bitterroot...
Keeping the Magic of the Bahamas
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Growing up in landlocked Pennsylvania, I always was enamored with the marine environment. The Bahamas in my mind were a magical and mythical archipelago...
Toxic Legacy: Monsanto and PCB Contamination
- By: Kelly Foster
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“But, the most important thing about PCB’s … is that we have identified a mad dog—a known bad actor in the case of PCB. There is no doubt...
First Criminal Axe Falls on Flint: Three Government Workers Charged in Toxic Lead Cover-Up
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
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News broke yesterday that criminal charges have been filed against three government workers who allegedly concealed and/or conspired to hide the extent...
Wabash Riverkeeper Update on Diesel Spill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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** Video of plume much farther upstream than indicated by Marathon, available here. Plume still visible near the leak as of Tuesday evening LAFAYETTE,...
Wabash Riverkeeper Responds to Diesel Spill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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On the scene to assess damage to Wabash River LAFAYETTE, IN — April 19, 2016 — Wabash Riverkeeper, a Waterkeeper organization, arrived on the...
Waterkeeper Alliance Announces 6th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Thousands of Americans celebrate the importance of clean water by getting out on their local waterways to swim, paddle, race, fish and make a SPLASH! NEW...
UN Report Distances Large Dams from Renewables Category
- By: Patricio Segura
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Patricio Segura is a Chilean journalist from Patagonia, a member of the Patagonian Defense Council, and President of the Corporación Privada para el...
Waterkeeper Alliance and Partners Call for Investigation into Safety of North Carolina Drinking Water Wells
- By: Pete Harrison
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On April 1 the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), under the leadership of Governor Pat McCrory, submitted a report to the North...
At Least Four Dead at Bangladesh Coal Plant Protest
- By: Donna Lisenby
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Yesterday at least four people were gunned down and killed as they gathered to protest construction of a coal plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Sadly this...
6th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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We’re thrilled to announce the locations of our 6th Annual SPLASH Event Series, presented nationally by Toyota! SPLASH events will take...
Are You Ready to #LOLforH2O?
- By: Mary Beth Postman
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Comedians have a unique way of making us laugh even when talking about serious topics. Every day the news is flooded with reports of dangerous water...
Waterkeeper Alliance Urges Governor McCrory to Repeal House Bill 2
- By: Marc Yaggi
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Waterkeeper Alliance and Waterkeepers Carolina are urging Governor McCrory to repeal the House Bill 2 legislation he signed on March 23, which overturns...
New York’s Ban on Fracking Doesn’t Go Far Enough
- By: Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell is the Principal at Seneca Lake Guardian, A Waterkeeper Affiliate. New York State banned fracking, a dangerous form of drilling for methane...
Cool Globes For Positive Change
- By: ajcarapella
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Have you ever wanted own a piece of climate AND art history? Now’s your chance. Inspired by a commitment made at the Clinton Global Initiative,...
Uncovering One of the Worst CAFO Polluters in Hominy Valley
- By: Hartwell Carson
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For months, French Broad Riverkeeper volunteers took samples to be tested for E. coli bacteria in the water along the Hominy Creek Greenway, a popular...
Coal Ash Units at Duke Energy Allen Steam Station Are Not “Low Priority”
- By: Pete Harrison
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My name is Peter Harrison, I am a resident of Durham, NC, and I am an attorney for Waterkeeper Alliance. My comments tonight will focus on the right of...
Statement by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the Assassinations of Berta Cáceres and Nelson Garcia
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joined with 118 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe today in urging the U.S. Department of...
DEQ In Bed With Big Pig
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
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Groups Call on EPA to Move Forward with Investigation and Enforce Civil Rights Act RALEIGH, N.C. – March 7, 2016 – Community and environmental groups...
McCrory Administration’s Coal Ash Headline Is Deceptive
- By: Pete Harrison
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On Friday the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued a press release titled, “McCrory administration issues coal ash violations...
Progress on Oil Trains and Rail Bridges Chugging Along
- By: Larissa Liebmann
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Concerns highlighted in report vindicated Five months after we released Deadly Crossing, a report highlighting the troubling state of rail bridge safety...