News & Updates
Waterkeeper Alliance Urges Congress to Pressure Trump to Remove and Replace Scott Pruitt
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates across U.S. join effort Waterkeeper Alliance and 94 Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates across the United...
EPA needs a leader — not Scott Pruitt | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Today, Waterkeeper Alliance and nearly 100 Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to take action to remove...
Waterkeepers Fight Coal Ash Rollbacks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing in Virginia last week on their proposed revisions to the federal coal ash disposal...
No Government Action to Clean Up Sunken Coal Barge in Sundarbans
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
At 3:00 AM on April 15, the MV Bilash, a large bulk cargo vessel carrying 775 metric tonnes of coal, sank in the Pashur River watershed near Harbaria Point,...
Pipeline construction races forward in the Atchafalaya Basin ahead of hearing
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Bayou Bridge pipeline causes further irreparable harm during peak crawfish season HOUSTON – A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
New York Supreme Court strikes down Department of Environmental Conservation’s permit for mega-dairies
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Illegal permit allowed industrial animal operations to prepare pollution prevention plans without agency oversight or public input, threatening drinking...
Don’t Let CAFOs Hide Their Pollution | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
A few weeks ago, the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on the “Agriculture Creates Real Employment (ACRE) Act” (S....
Environmental groups challenge NYS permit for industrial stormwater pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Waterkeeper Alliance and Riverkeeper say DEC permit violates NY Conservation Law and the Clean Water Act. Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance filed suit...
The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Plot to Stay Relevant is Made of Plastic
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Co-written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal Because consumers are clamoring for clean energy options, which are increasingly competitive with fossil fuels,...
Energy Transfer and Sunoco Pipelines Have Leaked Every Eleven Days on Average
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Energy Transfer Partners, its subsidiaries including Sunoco, and joint ventures reported 527 hazardous liquids pipeline incidents to federal regulators...
Plastic is Poisoning Our Planet | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
Plastic is poisoning our planet, but there are actions you can take to reduce your impact Earth Day is on April 22 and this year’s theme is “End Plastic...
It’s Time for Pruitt to Go | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
From the second that President Trump nominated Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Waterkeeper Alliance warned...
Western U.S. Waterkeeper groups share strategies, hatch ideas
- By: Lesley Adams
- News
Amidst the constant drone of (mostly bad) news and the (near constant) struggles of running a successful non-profit organization, Waterkeeper Organizations...
Help Nepal’s Karnali River Flow
- By: Karnali River Waterkeeper
- News
The Karnali River is an ancient stream and the last free-flowing river of Nepal, but the main stem of the Karnali is at risk of losing its cultural, economic,...
Waterkeeper Alliance’s Statement on Pruitt’s Leaked Memo
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
In a memo by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Pruitt decreed that he, rather than EPA experts, will now determine which waterways...
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...
Groups Blast EPA Over Proposal to Hand Over Regulation of Coal Ash to State Agency
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
National and local Oklahoma environmental and conservation groups jointly submitted public comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explaining...
Pollution Report shows significant danger posed by coal ash in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta
- By: Mobile Baykeeper
- Climate And Safe Energy
Mobile Baykeeper’s detailed investigation report highlights coal ash pollution and dam safety concerns at Alabama Power’s Plant Barry Mobile Baykeeper...
A Changing Casco Bay: Beyond the Beauty
- By: Casco Baykeeper
- News
By Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca, Friends of Casco Bay For over 25 years, Friends of Casco Bay has worked to improve and protect the environmental health...
Crisis on the Nile
- By: Sharon Khan
- News
By Sharon Khan and Gabrielle Segal Waterkeeper Alliance has launched Project Osiris — an ambitious and achievable plan for drinkable, fishable, and swimmable...
Congress sold out rural citizens and their communities | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- Clean Water Defense | News
On Friday, the President signed into law the fiscal year 2018 spending package, narrowly avoiding another government shutdown. The package does not include...
Tap Your Tap
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
To get to know your water, you need to know your Waterkeeper. “Tap Your Tap” is about educating the public about local drinking water quality. Find...
Wabash Riverkeeper calls upon Marathon to study long-term impacts of diesel pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Another pipeline spill dumps approximately 42,000 gallons of fuel into Big Creek, tributary of the Wabash River Wabash Riverkeeper Dr. Rae Schnapp is investigating...
Thank You for a Year of Diving Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
One year ago Waterkeeper Alliance launched “Dive Into Democracy,” a weekly roundup of current attacks on America’s clean water protections. We realized...
A Bill of Rights for Clean Water
- By: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
- News
This article was originally published in ‘The Water issue’ of GreenMoney Journal The protection of our shared environment has long been among government’s...
Appeals Court Panel allows Bayou Bridge pipeline construction to resume while legal appeals proceeds
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
In 2-1 ruling, court lifts preliminary injunction and expedites appeal schedule The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today granted a motion...
Endangered Species Need Our Help | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Have you ever wondered what that strange-looking fish portrayed in Waterkeeper Alliance’s logo is? It is an Atlantic sturgeon! Atlantic sturgeon have...
Tell Congress: No free pass for CAFOs | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Today, the vast majority of our meat comes from enormous “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations” (CAFOs), which often raise thousands of animals in...
Trump Administration Guts Safeguards For Nation’s No. 2 Toxic Pollution Threat
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Coal ash waste linked to cancer, heart disease, stroke, brain damage The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided yesterday afternoon that it will...
Groundwater Monitoring Reveals Widespread Radioactivity at Duke Energy Coal Plants
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Data shows high levels of radioactivity at 11 of 18 plants Today is the deadline for coal-fired power plants to post the results of their groundwater...