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...
Groups Move to Defend N.C. Order that Duke Energy Must Clean Up Coal Ash Pollution at Six Sites
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Duke’s Refusal Follows Years of Public Outcry, Pollution, Crimes & Spills Community groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center moved...
Save Alaskan Salmon: Say No to Pebble Mine
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
UPDATE: The deadline to comment has been extended to July 1, 2019. Waterkeeper Alliance has its roots in fishermen banding together fighting to protect...
On Earth Day, Rep. Huffman Introduces Bill to Clean Up Postal Service Trucks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today introduced the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2019, legislation...
Federal Appeals Court Orders EPA to Strengthen Rule on Toxic Wastewater from Power Plants
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
EPA must update guidelines for reducing toxic wastewater pollution from steam-electric power plants Siding with environmentalists, the U.S. Court of Appeals...
N.C. Coal Ash Victory: State-Level Peer Pressure
- By: Ellen Simon
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Catawba Riverkeeper Brandon Jones was standing before a packed gym of angry people in January, asking North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality...
North Carolina Orders Duke Energy to Clean Up its Coal Ash Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Decision Follows Years of Public Outcry, Pollution, Crimes & Spills After hundreds of North Carolina residents came out to meetings and called for...
Gunpowder Riverkeeper, Blue Water Baltimore, Essex Middle River Civic Council Concerned about ‘Repowering’ of Maryland CP Crane facility
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Gunpowder Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance Organizer Malaika Elias Gunpowder Riverkeeper has been asking for transparency regarding the Maryland...
20 Years of Clean Water Wins
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Today, on World Water Day, I can’t help but reflect on the billions of people around the world without access to clean and safe water. But there’s...
Tell EPA: Keep Mercury Limits Strong
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Thanks to air emissions standards created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act in 2011, important progress in reducing...
20 Years of Water Protection and Counting – Waterkeeper Alliance Targets Clean Water Growth Plan to Protect Waterways Worldwide
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Network of clean water advocates protect more than 2.5 million square miles of waterways across globe to ensure clean drinking water and safe water access...
The Green New Deal: What Does it Mean for Water?
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
By Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal With 2018 being the fourth-hottest year on record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years on record having occurred since 2001,...
Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille at Risk of Hazardous Material Train Derailment
- By: Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper
- News
By Sharon Bosley, Communications Associate, Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper Lake Pend Oreille is the fifth deepest lake in the United States and one of the...
Stop EPA from Eliminating Protections Against Toxic Coal Ash | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is attempting to roll back important public protections from coal ash, a toxic waste that contaminates water...
Statement of Peter A. Harrison to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
- By: Pete Harrison
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to address the United States Commission on Civil Rights today. My name is Peter Harrison and I am an...