News & Updates
N.C. Takes Step to Remove “Swamp Waters” Classification from Lower Cape Fear River
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission today granted a petition from environmental groups to remove the “swamp waters” classification...
The Everglades’ Forgotten Northern Estuary
- By: Lake Worth Waterkeeper
- News
By Reinaldo Diaz, Lake Worth Waterkeeper In South Florida, we have fundamentally reshaped nature. Now our challenge is righting the wrongs of the past....
Bayou City Waterkeeper Advocates for Flood Planning “Rooted in Equity”
- By: Julia Widmann
- News
In Houston, residents already feel the climate crisis’ impact. The low-lying city faces threats of sea level rise, storms of increasing strength and...
Stop Senator Inhofe’s Misuse of Military Spending Bill
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma is using his position as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and the military funding process to...
Tell N.C. to Take Action on Environmental Justice
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Everyone should be able to cultivate a garden, open her windows, or join a church picnic on a sunny day. For the neighbors of North Carolina’s industrial...
Groups Launch Legal Action to Protect Waterways from Slaughterhouse Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Conservation groups today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update slaughterhouse wastewater...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Decision to Exempt Factory Farms From Reporting Hazardous Air Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Community and conservation groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today for overstepping its authority in exempting factory farms from pollution-reporting...
A Beginner’s Guide to E. coli
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Anna Alsobrook, Watershed Outreach Coordinator at MountainTrue As MountainTrue’s Watershed Outreach Coordinator, I facilitate volunteer water quality...
Rondout Creek: Signs of Progress
- By: Hudson Riverkeeper
- News
Reposted with permission from Riverkeeper Riverkeeper has been working with local partners in the Rondout Creek since 2012, when we began testing water...
Yuba River Waterkeeper Fights for Clean Water Act Protections
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Ashley Overhouse, River Policy Manager at South Yuba River Citizens League In February, Nevada Irrigation District used a recent federal court ruling...
Community, Environmental Groups File Constitutional Challenge to Laws Limiting Individual Property Rights
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
North Carolina environmental and community groups today filed a constitutional challenge to state laws limiting nuisance suits against industrial hog operations,...
Haw Riverkeeper Emily Sutton: Let’s Celebrate Each Victory
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper at Haw River Assembly “Some activists are afraid that if we acknowledge victory, people will give up the struggle....
The Hippopotamus: What this animal is doing for Africa’s Lake Victoria and why it’s important
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Georgia Lambrakis, Waterkeeper Alliance intern Lake Victoria is one of nine African Great Lakes. With bustling wildlife and unique species, it is one...
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...
How the Clean Water War is Won: Waterkeeper Alliance and Culture Trip Introduce “Waterkeeper Warriors”
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
The Waterkeeper Warriors campaign features photography of waterways around the world and the Waterkeepers who defend them, with stories voiced by Alec...
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...
Lawsuit Launched to Stop Toxic Algae Bloom Releases From Lake Okeechobee
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Conservation groups sued three federal agencies today for failing to address harm to Florida’s endangered species from Lake Okeechobee releases containing...
3 Projects Making Strides in Human Health and Education
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Georgia Lambrakis, Waterkeeper Alliance intern As we reflect on 20 years of our fight for drinkable, fishable, swimmable water, we celebrate the strides...
9 Projects Preserving and Protecting your Waters
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Georgia Lambrakis, Waterkeeper Alliance intern Whether it’s crafting policies to protect a waterway or advocating against a destructive development,...
13 Restoration Successes
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Georgia Lambrakis, Waterkeeper Alliance intern As Waterkeeper Alliance celebrates 20 years of fighting for drinkable, fishable, swimmable water, we’re...
Waterkeepers Respond to Governor Hogan’s Veto of Oyster Restoration Bill
- By: Waterkeepers Chesapeake
- News
By Choptank Riverkeeper Matt Pluta and Waterkeepers Chesapeake Staff Attorney Katlyn Schmitt. Reposted with permission from Waterkeepers Chesapeake. ...
Hurricane Season: With No Changes on Industrial Farms, N.C.’s Not Ready
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Crystal Coast Waterkeeper Larry Baldwin shot the photo below from a small plane over North Carolina on Sept. 17, 2018. Look closely to the right of the...
Floods and Frustration: The New Normal in Kansas
- By: Julia Widmann
- News
NOTE: As of Friday, May 31st, officials warned of a potential evacuation for the town of Manhattan, Kansas, because of elevated levels at the Tuttle Creek...
15 Pollution-Prevention Victories
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Waterkeepers defend their waterways against every source of pollution, whether it’s toxic arsenic from a mine, oil that’s mixed into stormwater, or...
Stop A Massive Clean Water Act Loophole!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
A year ago, we warned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was considering creating a massive loophole in the Clean Water Act. EPA is now...
Dam Removal in South Carolina: Watch Congaree Creek Flow Free
- By: Julia Widmann
- News
Kayakers, canoers, fish and mollusks can now navigate Congaree Creek with ease thanks to the combined efforts of Congaree Riverkeeper, American Rivers,...
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...
Groups Protest at Annual Dam Industry Conference in Ottawa
- By: Grand Riverkeeper Labrador
- News
By Roberta Benefiel, Grand Riverkeeper Labrador Indigenous groups and allies denounce cultural genocide and environmental destruction globally and at...
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...
Tell Congress to invest in true green infrastructure
- By: Ellen Simon
- Clean Water Defense | News
The floods that sloshed through the Midwest, Texas, and the Great Plains earlier this month were a reminder that climate change, urban sprawl, and wetland...