Fossil Fuels
A Silver Lining in the Time of Coronavirus
- By: Boulder Waterkeeper
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
By Ted Ross, Boulder Waterkeeper and Pacific Region Waterkeeper Council Representative While we are still in the midst of a critical public-health phase...
Now’s Our Chance: A Future Free of Fossil Fuels
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
UPDATE 5/13/2020: This post has been updated to reflect that the “Resources for Workforce Investments, not Drilling (REWIND) Act,” a comprehensive...
Listen to the Past: Don’t Drill Paradise
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
There’s an old saying that goes something like this: Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. This week marks the 10th Anniversary...
Oregonians Unite to Demand Rehearing on Jordan Cove LNG Federal Approval
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
The Klamath Tribes, affected landowners, and public interest organizations request rehearing on fracked gas export terminal and pipeline in southern Oregon....
10 Years After the BP Disaster, Still Fighting Offshore Drilling and Environmental Injustice
- By: Julia Widmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Ten years ago today, on the evening of April 20, 2020, the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. This horrific catastrophe...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Mercury Emissions Rollback
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to finalize its plans to undermine its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards regulations, which protect...
Stay inside, support Cook Inletkeeper and the Bears of Amakdedori
- By: Bart Mihailovich
- News
Everyone remembers the first “activist” sticker they put on their car, right? Well, I do. It was a “NO Pebble Mine” sticker that I put on the bumper...
Liberty Mutual Faces Pressure to Exit Tar Sands from Policyholders, Climate and Indigenous Rights Groups
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Broad coalition pledges to ramp up the campaign on Liberty Mutual following inaction at the company’s annual policyholder meeting Today, at its annual...
5 clean water wins in the New York State Budget
- By: Hudson Riverkeeper
- News
Originally published by Riverkeeper. Reposted with permission. By Jeremy Cherson, Legislative Advocacy Manager for Riverkeeper There is good news for clean...
Crystal Coast Waterkeeper Tells the “Seismic Truth”
- By: Julia Widmann
- News
Crystal Coast Waterkeeper Larry Baldwin believes you deserve to know the truth about seismic testing and offshore drilling. Larry knows how dangerous seismic...
Tell EPA: Stop Bailing Out Big Coal!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Not only is the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposing to allow coal-burning power plants to release more coal ash toxins into our...
North Carolina Settlement Results in Largest Coal Ash Cleanup in America
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Community Groups, N.C. DEQ and Duke Energy Reach Settlement to Clean Up Coal Ash at Six North Carolina Sites The Southern Environmental Law Center today...
Hope for the Nairobi River
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Waterkeepers from 16 countries and four continents gathered in Nairobi in November to learn from each other and presenters including the acting director...
A Pivotal Year For Clean Water
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | News
In 2019 we saw monumental attacks on federal clean water protections. The Trump administration is advancing plans to eliminate Clean Water Act protections...
Insure Our Future Campaign Targets Liberty Mutual, Top Fossil Fuel Insurer
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Following the release of the 2019 Insurance, Coal, and Climate Change Scorecard, demonstrators visit Liberty Mutual offices in Boston and Seattle Today,...
No More Coal Ash Toxics in Our Waters!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
For decades, coal-fired power plants have profited from being allowed to dump unlimited amounts of toxic coal ash pollutants into our waterways, pushing...
Waterkeepers Fighting Climate Change: Eight Projects Making a Difference
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
U.S. Waterkeepers are fighting climate change by working to protect the areas they love best from rising seas, ocean acidification, and fossil fuel industry...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Trump Administration’s Coal Rollbacks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
The rulemakings will release hundreds of millions of pounds of toxins into waterways The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed new...
We deserve a voice on our public lands!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Public lands are required to be managed by the federal government to benefit the United States public as a whole, ideally in a way that protects those...
Mitigate Oil Pollution
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Save the Bays. Reposted with permission from Save the Bays As our islands become more populated, the demand for energy increases, however, this should...
Stop EPA’s Latest Assault on Our Health and Our Planet: Oppose Weakening of EPA’s Methane Rule
- By: Kate Hudson
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Responding to pressure from the White House and the fossil fuel industry, EPA is putting protection of our health and our planet on the chopping block...
Just Weeks Left to Stop the Biggest Climate Disaster on the Columbia River
- By: Columbia Riverkeeper
- News
By Kate Murphy, community organizer at Columbia Riverkeeper Meet Dylan Haviv. He’s a 10-year-old climate activist who wants Washington state to stop...
Stop the Spread of Coal Ash Contamination!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The Trump administration’s weakening of public protections from coal pollution is not saving the dying coal industry and has done nothing to help struggling...
Oklahoma Floods: A Reminder of How the State Abdicated its Duty to Protect Us
- By: Grand Riverkeeper
- News
By Earl Hatley, Grand Riverkeeper at Local Environmental Action Demanded (“LEAD Agency”) Widespread flooding in Oklahoma in late May served as a reminder...
Groups Announce Historic Coal Ash Cleanup Agreement with Brunner Island
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Brunner Island Power Plant Owners Agree to $1 Million Penalty, Largest Ever Assessed in PA for Coal Ash Pollution Four environmental groups today announced...
Call for our Coasts and Climate
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
In early 2018, the Trump administration announced plans to expand the areas open to offshore drilling. These plans would increase drilling in the Gulf...
Put an End to Oregon’s Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitter
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
For over a decade, communities and groups like Rogue Riverkeeper in Oregon have been fighting a proposal for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility...
Aerial Photographs of Flooded Infrastructure in the St. Louis Region
- By: Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper
- News
By Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper Rachel Bartels. Republished with permission from Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper Rachel...
10 Big Local Wins Against Dirty Energy
- By: Ellen Simon
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Waterkeepers around the world fight for clean water. As Waterkeeper Alliance turns 20, we’re looking at some of their biggest wins. These fights are...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Approval of Massive Utah Oil Shale Development
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Water-sucking Project Threatens Endangered Species, Climate, Air Quality Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration to challenge what would...