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Peru’s planned dams would displace 1,000 and “decapitate” the Amazon
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
Photos by Ben Webb Twenty hydroelectric dams are planned for Peru’s Marañón River, the primary tributary to the Amazon; two have been approved. These...
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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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Tell your Members of Congress: Pass a “clean” budget!
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- Clean Water Defense | News
As Congress prepares to negotiate budget appropriations amid the COVID-19 pandemic and long overdue demands for racial justice, we must ensure that our...
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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...
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3 Signs of Progress for Rondout Creek
- By: Hudson Riverkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
Rondout Creek is a major tributary of the Hudson River, and improving the creek’s water quality has been a focus of Hudson Riverkeeper for several...
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The River That Made Seattle
- By: Bart Mihailovich
- News
“Cummings brings the river and its history to life… A must-read for anyone who wants to know the story flowing through Seattle.” –...
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Sign and send the petition to the U.S. Senate: We must have funding for Vote by Mail
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
The coronavirus pandemic is deeply impacting our elections, as states move to protect voters’ health during this crisis. We are less than six months...
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Leviathan Dreams
- By: Boulder Waterkeeper
- News
By Ted Ross, Boulder Waterkeeper As we all emerge from the anxiety of the coronavirus quarantine it is time to consider how our world might be changing...
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Announcing our 2020 Terry Backer Award Winners
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Terry Backer, the first Long Island Soundkeeper, was — and remains — one of our movement’s most iconic activists: Spirited, determined, charismatic,...
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Waterkeeper Alliance to Appear in The Visionaries Series on PBS
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance will be profiled in the upcoming season of The Visionaries, the award-winning public television series hosted by acclaimed actor Sam...
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Lawsuit Launched Targeting Trump Administration’s Suspension of Pollution Monitoring
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
EPA Allows Unchecked Pollution Without Considering Potential Impacts to Imperiled Species Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the...
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Patuxent Riverkeeper Fred Tutman talks race and the environment | Republished
- By: Malaika Elias
- News
As the U.S., once again, grapples with its racist past and present, we’re focusing on what we can do to build a more just and inclusive environmental...
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We have to do more to fight racism.
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
What is it we must do to make our own movement more just? As we in the U.S. share the righteous anger of our fellow Americans after repeated incidents...
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Tell the Senate: Take action on dangerous “Forever Chemicals”
- By: ajcarapella
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Anna Maria Stebbins, Advocacy Legal Intern The Senate has the chance to pass an important bill that would require the United States Environmental Protection...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Rollback of Clean Water Act Section 401
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized damaging changes to its state water quality certification regulations under Section 401 of the...
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Waterkeeper Groups Achieve Settlement with EPA on Drinking Water Safety
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, and California Coastkeeper Alliance today filed a settlement agreement in federal court with the U.S. Environmental...
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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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Small Farmers are supporting our communities, let’s return the favor
- By: Haw Riverkeeper
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
By Haw Riverkeeper, Emily Sutton. Originally published by Haw River Assembly, republished with permission. Sustainable farmers are not taking days off...
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Environmental Rollbacks Won’t Revive the Economy
- By: Marc Yaggi
- Clean Water Defense | News
Re: The Trump Administration Is Reversing 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List, The New York Times When Richard Nixon vetoed the Clean Water...
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New Normal Is Not Normal for Our Rivers
- By: Gomti River Waterkeeper
- News
By Venkatesh Dutta, Gomti River Waterkeeper Many people living close to the riverbanks in the Ganga Basin, including the Gomti River, believe that there...
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Creatively Adapting: Waterkeepers Encourage Solo Cleanups
- By: Malaika Elias
- Clean Water Defense | News
As we settle into this new COVID-19 reality, Waterkeepers across the movement are finding creative ways to engage their communities and create opportunities...
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Take Action: Protect Okefenokee Swamp from a Titanium Mine
- By: Julia Widmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Today, you can use your voice to help protect a beautiful blackwater swamp in southern Georgia and the surrounding community from the risk of dangerous...
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Perspectives on the Shutdown: Flint Riverkeeper
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Hannah Palmer. Originally published on Finding the Flint. Reposted with permission from Flint Riverkeeper. Perhaps like us, you’ve been wondering...
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Sasha Lazard Releases Climate Change Protest Anthem, Atonement, to Benefit Waterkeeper Alliance
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases
Singer Sasha Lazard today releases her new song, Atonement, as a climate change protest-anthem in partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance, the nonprofit...
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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,...
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DEQ Report Shows N.C. Must Do More to Protect Communities Near Industrial Hog Operations
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Civil Rights Complainants Say New Report Shows Where State Protections Continue to Fall Short North Carolina acknowledges it must do more to remedy the...
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Court Allows Slaughterhouse Pollution Lawsuit to Move Forward
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled on Wednesday that a lawsuit can proceed challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure...
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Insurers Must Address World’s Greatest Threat by Supporting Green and Fair Recovery
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
NGOs warn industry risks repeating mistakes made when it identified pandemic danger. Insurers must champion a green and fair recovery from the COVID-19...
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COVID-19 shows how reckless Jordan Valley annexation would be
- By: Jordan River Waterkeeper
- News
The extensive cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian health professionals would halt if an annexation policy were advanced in the midst of this health...
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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...