Plastic Pollution
Urge the State Department to Negotiate the Strongest Possible Global Plastics Treaty!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Blog | Clean Water Defense | News
A crucial treaty on plastics and plastic pollution is currently being hammered out at the fifth session of the International Negotiating Committee for...
Tell EPA to Protect Our Waterways From These Toxic Plastic Chemicals
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Blog | Clean Water Defense | News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to designate several chemicals used in making plastic- including vinyl chloride – as “High-Priority...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Nabil Musa, Waterkeepers Iraq-Kurdistan
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News | Waterkeeper Movement
Nabil Musa grew up in Iraq, but was forced to leave the country in 1996 due to the country’s ongoing military conflict. His childhood was also marred...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Patricio Chambers, Guayllabamba Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Patricio Chambers has been the Guayllabamba Waterkeeper in Ecuador since 2018. He learned the value of caring for nature from his father, Rafael Chambers,...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Liliana Guerrero, Bocas de Ceniza Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Liliana Guerrero has been the Bocas de Ceniza Waterkeeper since 2010. She had been living in Cartagena, Colombia, working as a law professor. A colleague...
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...
Pathway to a Plastic-Free Future: Mobilizing for Change at INC-4
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense
Pathway to a Plastic-Free Future: Mobilizing for Change at INC-4 World leaders must prioritize people over corporate polluters with a strong, enforceable...
We Must Urge Congress to Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
Representative Jared Huffman (CA) and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) recently reintroduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, a sweeping but common-sense...
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...
Tell Congress to Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, which was first introduced in 2020 and updated in 2021, will soon be reintroduced in both the U.S. House of...
Tell Congress to Keep Plastic Out of Our National Parks!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois recently introduced House Resolution 4561, also known as the Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, for the reduction...
The 2023 Goldman Prize Winners Symbolize Hope for Our Future
- By: Lori Harrison
- News
In many cultures across the world a rainbow symbolizes hope. For The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where I was headed for the second...
San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper Diane Wilson is a 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Congratulations to the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winners San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper Diane Wilson from the North America/United States,...
Guayllabamba Waterkeeper and the Ancestral Community Practice of Mingas
- By: Guayllabamba Waterkeeper
- News
Did you know that for many generations in the indigenous communities of the Ecuadorian highlands, when irrigation water is lacking, everyone is summoned...
Bahia de Banderas Waterkeeper Takes an Innovative Approach to Litter and Poverty
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Bahia de Banderas Waterkeeper, an affiliate of Waterkeeper Alliance based in Mexico, has introduced a Trash4Tokens program, which is a Preventative campaign,...
Dive Into Democracy: 2022 Year In Review
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
Through our Dive Into Democracy blog and email series, we informed and engaged our U.S. audience on the most pressing clean water issues of the day. In...
Congress Must Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act was introduced last year in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This bill represents...
Beating Back the Tide of Nurdle Pollution with Charleston Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
A pernicious and increasingly common form of plastic pollution comes by way of the innocuously named nurdles, the lentil-sized “pre-production pellets”...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Daru Setyorini, Brantas River Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Daru Setyorini is the Brantas River Waterkeeper in Indonesia. She grew up near the river and has many happy childhood memories of swimming and playing...
Plastic Free July: Thinking beyond litter, landfills, and recycling rates
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
Plastic Free July is a global movement for cleaner streets, oceans, and communities. Waterkeeper Alliance salutes our partners and all those fighting back...
Support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act was introduced on March 26 by Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) and Representative Alan Lowenthal (CA) into both the...
Accenture Announces U.S. Innovation Challenge Winner
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
University of Virginia team wins with an innovative project to fight plastic pollution in waterways A team of undergraduate students from the University...
Three Simple Things You Can Do to #KickOutPlastic
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
As an environmental organization, we must continue being vocal in the fight against racism, for environmentalism and social justice go hand in hand. Race...
Tell Congress – It’s High Time to Break Free from Plastic
- By: Chris Wilke
- Clean Water Defense | News
The world is choking on plastic. We have seen the horrifying images of whales and seabirds dying of starvation with bellies full of plastic. Of sea turtles...
Plastic Pollution is a Global Problem for Waterways
- By: Pete Nichols
- Clean Water Defense | News
A new Waterkeeper Alliance project will unite plastic pollution measurement, categorization, and localized prevention strategies at an unprecedented global...
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...
Worried About Microplastics? Stormwater Is A Solution
- By: California Coastkeeper Alliance
- News
By Sean Bothwell, California Coastkeeper Alliance executive director. Reposted with permission from California Coastkeeper Alliance. New research shows...
Cleanups: Opportunities for Policy Solutions
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Waterkeepers have made cleanups into an opportunity for face-to-face advocacy on issues such as plastic bag bans and alternative bag fees. The message:...
Cleanup Month: Uncommon Finds
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Clean up a river and you may well find messages in bottles, a mannequin head or “almost enough parts to make a whole Honda Civic.” Sometimes, the finds...