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Waterkeeper Alliance Appoints Sharif Jamil and Xavier Cortada to Board of Directors
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
Waterkeeper Alliance proudly welcomes two distinguished leaders, Sharif Jamil and Xavier Cortada, to its esteemed Board of Directors. Their appointments...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to U.S. Supreme Court’s Overturning of the Chevron Doctrine
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
The Supreme Court issued its opinion today in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, explicitly overturning the decades-old Chevron doctrine—a...
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Environmental Groups, Local Crawfish Producers Bring Lawsuit to Challenge East Grand Lake Project in the Atchafalaya Basin
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
Today, a plaintiff group, including Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West, Healthy Gulf, Sierra Club and its Delta...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Senior Attorney to Advise EPA on Clean Water Act Improvements for Animal Feeding Operations
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters | Waterkeeper Movement
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has invited Waterkeeper Alliance’s Senior Attorney Kelly Hunter Foster to serve on its new Animal Agriculture...
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Coalition Takes Action Against EPA for Failing to Implement Clean Water Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Integrity Project, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity sent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds the Reinstatement of Environmental Review of Financing of Industrial Animal Agriculture Facilities
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Waterkeeper Alliance applauds the actions of The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to reverse some of the worst impacts of the previous...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds EPA’s Historic New Rules to Protect Communities and Clean Water from Toxic Power Plant Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
The Environmental Protection Agency released four groundbreaking rules to address pollution from power plants and protect local communities and waterways...
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Earth Day Declaration: Groups Urge Bold Action to Strengthen the Global Plastics Treaty
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Today, in honor of Earth Day, a diverse group of 54 organizations from 24 countries across North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds New EPA Rule to Hold Major Polluters Accountable For PFAS Contamination
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a groundbreaking new rule to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – perfluorooctanoic...
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Final Biden Oil, Gas Rule Offers Fiscal Reforms, Nothing on Climate
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Today, the Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) released its final oil and gas leasing rule. The rule contains welcome and decades-overdue...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Offers New Clean Water Podcast, ‘Equity In Every Drop’
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Global Ambassadors | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
To engage new audiences and generate conversations that lead to action, Waterkeeper Alliance has launched a new podcast, Equity In Every Drop. Compelling...
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EPA Proposes to Exclude Most Slaughterhouses and Rendering Plants from Updated Water Pollution Control Rules
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Waterkeeper Alliance and other Clean Water Experts Urge EPA to Require Slaughterhouses and Rendering Plants to Comply with Modern Technology Standards...
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New York State Supreme Court Rules NYC Department of Environmental Protection Failed to Report Combined Sewer Overflow Discharges
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Waterkeeper Movement
Recent ruling successfully upholds the public notification process and requires the agency to provide a list of all unreported overflows from the past...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Global Ambassador Jax Davey Gears Up For Ice Ultramarathon In Effort to Spotlight Clean Water, Climate Threats
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Global Ambassadors | News | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance Global Ambassador Jax Davey is gearing up for an Arctic Ultramarathon in hopes to raise awareness for clean water and environmental...
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EPA Proposes Improved Water Pollution Control Standards for Slaughterhouses and Rendering Facilities
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and rendering facilities in response...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Launches New Global Ambassador Program, Welcomes US Civil Rights Advocate and UK Social Entrepreneur
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Global Ambassadors | News | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance has launched a new Global Ambassador Program aimed at advancing the organization’s mission to protect the right to clean water in...
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Waterkeeper Alliance, Waterkeeper Groups React to Final COP28 Deal, Call on World Leaders to Support a Proposed Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
In response to the historic climate deal struck at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) today in...
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Vulnerable Fishing Communities From Across the World Deliver Declaration to United Nations to End Offshore Oil & Gas Expansion
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
A Complete Phase Out is the Only Credible Pathway to Limit Climate Change to 1.5º C and to Uphold the Human Rights of Coastal and Fishing Communities...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on Insurance Industry to Support 1.5°C Climate Targets
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Today, the Insure Our Future campaign released its seventh annual scorecard on insurance, fossil fuels, and the climate emergency. The report was co-published...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds Reintroduction of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Today, Waterkeeper Alliance applauded Representative Jared Huffman (CA) and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) for reintroducing the Break Free From Plastic Pollution...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Urges Lawmakers to Drop Loophole From Clean Water Act of 2023
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
A Provision Included in the Proposed Legislation Would Allow Future Administrations to Exclude Waters from Federal Protections On October 18th, the 51st...
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FERC Approves GTN Xpress Despite Opposition from Communities, Tribes, U.S. Senators, West Coast Governors
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Grassroots Opposition Groups Vow to Challenge FERC’s Decision Which Comes in the Wake of Two Recent Major TC Energy Pipeline Failures Local and national...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Appoints Strategic Water Sustainability Advisor Bill Malarkey to President’s Council
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Malarkey, Partner at Amane Advisors, to its President’s Council. As the head of North...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to the Biden Administration’s Five-Year Plan for Offshore Drilling
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2024-2029 (“Five-Year Plan”) today,...
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Advocates to Biden: Federal Oil and Gas Rule Must Meet Climate Imperatives
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Eleven western U.S. groups have provided the Bureau of Land Management comments imploring the agency to address the climate crisis in its proposal to update...
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EPA Restores Authority to States, Territories, and Tribes under CWA 401 Final Rule
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final 2023 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule,...
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Estonian Oil Shale Giant Abandons Federal Oil Shale Lease, Loses Colorado River Basin Water Deal
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News | Press Releases
Estonian state-owned oil shale company Enefit American Oil is abandoning its lease to mine oil shale on federal public land in northeastern Utah’s Uinta...
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Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back on Track for Endangered Species Protection
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on Lawmakers to Step Up After EPA Finalizes Weakened WOTUS Rule
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule following the Supreme Court’s ruling in...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on Congress for Safeguards After Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Clean Water Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News | Press Releases
Court’s Decision Prioritizes Polluting Industries Over Clean Water and Public Health and Ignores Decades of Legal Precedent, Science, and Clean Water...