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Help Us Strengthen and Expand Federal Methane Regulations
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Recently, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reaffirmed what many of us already know: climate change is accelerating and...
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Law Requires Biden to Cancel February Oil Lease Sale to Prevent Climate Harm
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Conservation groups submitted formal comments today urging cancelation of February’s federal oil and gas lease auctions, saying the Biden administration...
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After Years of Community Organizing, Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal and Fracked Gas Pipeline Project is Dead
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Pembina Announces It Has “Decided Not to Move Forward With the Project” and Asks the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Cancel Its Permit Pembina,...
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COP26 – Fighting for protection of the world’s waters and a hospitable planet under an intensifying call to action for all humankind
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
It was an honor to represent the Waterkeeper Movement at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was an intense two weeks of collective advocacy, learning, networking,...
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250+ Organizations Plea With President Biden to Cancel Unprecedented Oil and Gas Megasale in Gulf of Mexico
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
As international climate talks continue, a coalition of 267 organizations – including 36 representing Gulf of Mexico communities – delivered...
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Biden Makes Climate Pledge at Glasgow While Pushing Oil, Gas Leasing in U.S.
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
U.S. climate groups slammed the Biden administration today for ignoring climate impacts and refusing to stop oil and gas leasing on public lands despite...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Major New Rules To Cut Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Agency Promises More In the Future to Address Flaring and Marginal Wells President Biden announced at the UN Climate Summit today the U.S. Environmental...
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Challengers to Jordan Cove LNG get their day in Federal Court
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Oral argument for lawsuit challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector...
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Objections Target Biden’s Oil Leasing Plan Amid Climate “Code Red”
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Conservation groups filed formal objections today to the Biden administration’s plans to offer 734,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing...
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Chubb is the 16th insurer to cut ties with the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
“Chubb does not provide insurance coverage for any tar sands projects,” a Chubb spokesperson told the Financial Times today. The announcement was...
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Open Letter Calls on Insurers to Cut Ties with Trans Mountain, as Key Pipeline Insurance Policy Expires
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Fifteen insurers have ruled out Trans Mountain already; coalition pledges to continue pressuring the remaining companies Today, Indigenous, environmental,...
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Coalition Reacts to UN Climate Report, Renews call for Nationwide Ban on Oil Drilling in The Bahamas
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
IPCC 6th Report: Scientists articulate dire warnings and extreme costs of societal inaction The Our Islands Our Future coalition today renewed its call...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Dire IPCC Report on Climate Crisis
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released earlier today brings a dire warning: climate change is accelerating and aggressive...
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Hundreds of Groups Demand Biden Name Climate-Focused FERC Commissioner
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
With a Biden nominee on the way, climate activists want the White House to prioritize a shift off fossil fuels Over 320 community, climate, and environmental...
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Groups to Biden: Halt New Oil Drilling, Cancel Trump Leases on Public Lands
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Climate, Indigenous and conservation groups today called on the Biden administration to halt new drilling permits and to cancel unlawful Trump-era oil...
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Water Protection Groups File Notice to Sue Ameren over Toxic Coal Ash Pollution Violations
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance, Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper, and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center today announced that they have served Ameren Corporation,...
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After Drilling Bust Off The Bahamas, Groups Call for Permanent Ban
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Despite BPC Oil Drilling Failure, Danger from Offshore Drilling Persists The Bahamas Have Dodged a Bullet, Environmental Leaders Say After facing months...
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Groups Challenge Trump Administration Sale of 58,000 Acres of Public Lands for Oil, Gas Drilling
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Feds ignored effect on groundwater, cumulative climate impacts A coalition of groups today challenged five Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease...
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500 Groups Urge Biden to Order Fossil Fuel Leasing Ban
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Proposed Executive Order Could Be Implemented Immediately by New Interior Secretary Hundreds of conservation, Native American, religious and business groups...
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Legal Protest Blasts Trump Administration Plan for 47,000 Acres of Fracking Leases in Colorado
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Leases Threaten Sage Grouse, Climate Pollution Weeks Ahead of Biden’s Promised Leasing Ban Conservation groups filed a protest today challenging the...
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Legal Protest Blasts Plan for 430 Square Miles of Fracking Leases in Wyoming
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Trump Plan Threatens 43 Million Tons of Climate Pollution Ahead of Biden’s Promised Leasing Ban Citing harm to wildlife, clean air, and the climate,...
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Environmental Groups File Lawsuits Against Trump Administration for Toxic Water Pollution Rollbacks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging the Trump administration’s recent rollback...
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Act Now: Our Toxic Coal Ash Legacy
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- Climate 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...
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Protect The Bahamas — Say No to Offshore Oil Drilling
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate 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...
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140 Groups Call on Trans Mountain’s Insurers to Drop the Pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Today, 140 organizations representing 24 million people sent a letter to the current insurers of Trans Mountain, urging them to stop insuring the tar sands...
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancelled After Years of Activism, Waterkeepers React to the Win
- By: ajcarapella
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
By Julia Widmann and Malaika Elias, organizers at Waterkeeper Alliance In an unexpected series of pipeline-related wins for communities of color and environmental...
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Demand Insurance Giants Stop Underwriting the Trans Mountain Pipeline
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
You have an important opportunity to stand for climate action, while defending clean water and Indigenous rights: Join us in demanding that insurance giants...
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Waterkeepers in Alabama Fight for Virtual Coal Ash Hearings During Pandemic
- By: Julia Widmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Last week, Mobile Baykeeper, Coosa Riverkeeper, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, and several partners in Alabama swiftly jumped into action to protect the health...
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Southern Oregon advocates challenge federal approval of Jordan Cove LNG
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Today, southern Oregon organizations filed a lawsuit challenging Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal...
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Thank Congress for standing up to Big Oil!
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
In late April, sixteen Members of Congress joined together to take a stand against Big Oil and proposed offshore drilling in the waters of The Bahamas,...