News & Updates
Jury Finds for Smithfield Neighbors
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
A jury Wednesday found in favor of the neighbors of a North Carolina industrial hog operation, the fourth case in a row the industry in the state has lost....
Protecting the Mighty Mekong
- By: Sharon Khan
- News
With a length of 2,703 miles, the mighty Mekong River originates in the Tibetan Plateau and flows through 6 countries in Asia—China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,...
Trump Administration to Slash Clean Water Act Protections for Rivers, Streams, Wetlands
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Radical Proposal Would Disproportionally Harm Western United States, Putting Over 75 Endangered Species on Fast Track to Extinction A Trump administration...
Protect the Public’s Right to Know!
- By: Kelly Foster
- News
Hazardous pollution released by densely concentrated, industrial-scale livestock operations can be very dangerous for people, even deadly, but the U.S....
EPA Must Uphold Its Duty to Protect Our Drinking Water
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Co-written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal In 1996, plaintiffs settled the infamous Erin Brockovich case against Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)...
Act Now to Stop Weakening of EPA’s “Methane Rule”
- By: Kate Hudson
- News
EPA succumbs to White House and fossil fuel industry pressure to put protection of our health and our planet on the chopping block Under pressure from...
US insurers provide lifeline to coal as global insurance market shrinks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Report shows European insurers leading on restricting coal industry’s access to underwriting while U.S. insurers undermine action to tackle climate...
We have technology to manage hog waste better. We need to use it
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s Hurricane Florence Recovery Recommendations included $75 million to either buy out industrial animal operations in the...
Waterkeeper Alliance Statement on Smithfield Foods Methane Initiative
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, earlier this week announced a $250 million partnership with Dominion Energy to capture methane from...
Florence Flooded Poultry Operations with 1.8 Million Birds
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
NEW BERN, N.C. – The heavy rains and high waters after Hurricane Florence flooded 35 industrial poultry operations in North Carolina housing an estimated...
An “emerging” drinking water disaster 50 years in the making
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
A few weeks ago we warned about the threats of “emerging contaminants” to water quality and drinking water. This week, we are focusing on one class...
New Partnership to Defend the Great Lakes
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on the planet, with six quadrillion gallons of freshwater — 95 percent of the U.S. supply and 20 percent...
Raise a stink about North Carolina’s hog waste crisis
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
We’ve won a rare opportunity, starting tomorrow Nov. 27, to demand more transparency and better pollution controls from the industrial swine operations...
Waterkeeper Groups Notify EPA of Intent to Sue Under Safe Drinking Water Act
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Regulator has missed Safe Drinking Water Act deadlines for toxic and carcinogenic contaminants Waterkeeper Alliance, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, and California...
Talking equity, diversity, and inclusion with Tualatin Riverkeepers
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Tualatin Riverkeepers joined Waterkeeper Alliance in 1995 and has since been a leader in community-based restoration, education, and recreation in western...
Tell North Carolina: Clean Up Your Act!
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Hurricane Florence left North Carolina awash in hog waste. We have an opportunity this year to take important steps to address our waste problem, which...
Baja Waterkeepers tackle plastic pollution
- By: Sergio Moncada
- News
There is an astounding amount of plastic in the world’s waterways. Every year, an estimated 5 to 14 tons flow into our oceans from coastal areas. Sunlight,...
Take Action for Safe Drinking Water – Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Throughout the United States, people do not feel safe drinking their tap water. Unfortunately, many of their fears are well-founded. Government’s response...
Stop a Fossil Fuel Bonanza | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
UPDATE 11/9/18: We are once again hearing that H.R. 4239 – “SECURE American Energy Act,” could come up for a floor vote soon. This bill would...
Disposable diapers overwhelm the Brantas River
- By: Brantas River Waterkeeper
- News
In Indonesia’s Brantas River basin, there is a widespread belief that the burning of baby diapers will cause sickness and skin rashes in children. It...
Words of Wisdom from Former Congresswoman and Columbia Riverkeeper Co-Founder Elizabeth Furse
- By: Columbia Riverkeeper
- News
This feature was originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper’s River Currents 2018 Issue 3 Newsletter, “The Interview Edition: Superheroes...
River Rising: A Town Hall Series by St. Johns Riverkeeper
- By: Bart Mihailovich
- News
In our troubled era of trust and communication, St. Johns Riverkeeper is riding the tide of facts and storytelling for the betterment of its community...
Rebuilding after hurricanes, rethinking where infrastructure is built
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Hurricane season doesn’t end until November 30, but as we assess the damage done so far by 2018’s hurricanes, it’s clearly time to rethink what we...
Why roll the dice on offshore drilling?
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
The neverending Taylor Energy oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is just one example of how ill-prepared companies and the federal government are to address...
How the Army Corps Spreads Pain from a Toxic Lake
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
A 70-mile-long stretch of the Caloosahatchee turned into a river of blue-green slime this summer, as an algal bloom blanketing the river sludged its way...
Trump’s Misguided Coal Policies Must End
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal President Donald Trump and EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler (and his predecessor Scott Pruitt) have been aggressively...
Smithfield Foods’ “fix” won’t solve the biggest swine waste problems
- By: Will Hendrick
- News
At Waterkeeper Alliance, we’ve spent decades advocating for Smithfield Foods to improve its waste management. The company announced yesterday that it...
Crisis on the Nile, Pt. 2
- By: Sharon Khan
- News
Read part one of Crisis on the Nile “The water goes away all the time, we don’t know how to handle this issue. The other day I even opened the tap...
Environmental Groups Challenge Trump Administration Coal Ash Rule Rollback in Court
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
In wake of recent court decision, EPA’s watering down of coal ash regulations on weak footing Environmental groups have filed a petition for review...
Farmers and Waterways Need a Responsible Farm Bill
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Family farmers deserve better Feeding our nation, supporting farmers, and protecting the environment are goals that can readily go hand in hand. But in...