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Responsible Infrastructure Should Not Sacrifice Clean Water | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
On Monday, February 12, the Trump Administration released its “framework for rebuilding infrastructure in America.” Instead of a much-needed fix for...
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Cape Town’s Drought, A Frightening Reminder to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Co-written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal It is hard to believe that a city could run out of water; for a ‘Day Zero’ to actually take place. Yet,...
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Federal judge blocks construction of Bayou Bridge pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Pipeline construction would “irreparably harm” Atchafalaya Basin BATON ROUGE, LA – Federal District Court Judge Shelly Dick halted the construction...
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Species From Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Water Protections
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing...
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Tell Congress: Attacks on Clean Water Have No Place in the Budget | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
President Trump today revealed his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, once again proposing massive cuts to environmental programs. Remarkably, this...
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Join us in Speaking Out for Stronger Protections from Coal Ash Pollution
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Rebecca Jim, Tar Creekkeeper & Earl Hatley, Grand Riverkeeper The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public hearing on a proposal...
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Oklahoma DEQ’s Toxic Coal Ash Plan Threatens Public
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
U.S. EPA to Hold Feb 13 Hearing on Proposal to Replace Federal Requirements The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing on...
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When our oceans are for sale, who benefits?
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
This article was made possible by the readers and supporters of AlterNet. If the Trump administration gets its way, nearly every coast on the continental...
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Press Conference: Atchafalaya groups discuss fight to stop Bayou Bridge pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Groups will gather outside federal courthouse prior to hearing on preliminary injunction BATON ROUGE, LA— Representing the interests of the millions...
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Let’s Sink Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Lesley Adams
- News
In a gift to polluting fossil fuel industries, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently released its new five-year plan (called the “Draft Proposed...
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GANT enters partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Every day, approximately 2 million tons of industrial and agricultural waste and sewage is discharged into our waterways. By partnering with Waterkeeper...
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Atchafalaya Groups Seek Halt to Construction of Bayou Bridge Pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Federal Judge Will Hear Requests for Immediate Injunction in Atchafalaya Seeking an immediate halt to the controversial Bayou Bridge pipeline, several...
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Don’t Let ‘Zombie’ Projects Come Back to Life! | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Over the past year, we have seen the Trump Administration and members of Congress try to bring “zombie” projects back to life. These are projects that...
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Hartnett White Still Unfit to Lead Council on Environmental Quality
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Co-written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal UPDATE: The White House withdrew its nominee Kathleen Hartnett White to head the Council on Environmental...
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Adding Insult to Injury: More Offshore Drilling, Less Oversight | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Not only is the Trump Administration proposing to massively increase the offshore areas open to oil and gas drilling, it also wants to let drilling companies...
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Protect the Public Lands We Love | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Powerful polluters have many resources at their disposal to sway government decisions in their favor. Often companies will influence decision-makers both...
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NC DEQ Allows a Delay of Toxic Pollution Limits in Permit for Duke Energy’s Marshall Coal Ash Site in Lake Norman
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
In response to legal action by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Sierra Club, and Waterkeeper Alliance,...
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Bayou Bridge Fight Heads to Federal Court
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Complaint alleges government failed to consider irreparable harm to Atchafalaya River Basin Representing the interests of the millions of people who use,...
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Trump Is Giving Our Oceans to the Oil Industry
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Over the summer, we alerted you that at the direction of the Trump administration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) was beginning to develop...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to President Trump’s Offshore Drilling 5-Year Plan
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
The Trump administration today announced its proposal to open the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and Arctic Sea to offshore drilling....
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Environmental Groups Reach Settlement with State Regarding Response to Citizen Complaints
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Yesterday, Waterkeeper Alliance, Cape Fear River Watch and the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN), represented by Elizabeth Haddix and...
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Thank You for Your Commitment to Clean Water | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
We launched Dive into Democracy in March of 2017, at a time when we were becoming overwhelmed by a deluge of federal legislative and policy developments...
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Trump Administration Grants Permits to Extend DAPL Through Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, Threatening Jobs and Water Quality
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
The New Orleans District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers today issued a permit authorizing Bayou Bridge Pipeline, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer...
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No More Budget Limbo | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
After wasting time pushing forward a disastrous tax plan, Congress is now scrambling to keep the federal government funded. Funding was set to run out...
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Is Bitcoin Destroying Tibet’s Rivers?
- By: Gary Wockner
- News
As the price of Bitcoin reaches record highs, an eerie underworld of Chinese computer hackers has descended on the Himalayas to exploit the cheapest electricity...
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Trump’s EPA Nominee Is So Bad, Even His Supporters Say No
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Written by Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, passed under the Obama administration in 2016,...
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Court Orders Evaluation of Murphy-Brown Hog Operations Identified as Threats to Groundwater
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Conservation Groups Seek Cleanup of Murphy-Brown’s Pollution in 3 Eastern NC River Basins Yesterday, a federal court agreed with conservation groups...
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Tell the Trump Administration: National Parks are for Everyone!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
“There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in...
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Dongting Lake Waterkeeper: Protector of the Finless Porpoise
- By: Dongting Lake Waterkeeper
- News
By BingXiu He, Dongting Lake Waterkeeper With a round head, charming smile, and lively character, the Yangtze finless porpoise is easy to fall in love...
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In North Carolina, We’ve Seen How Pruitt’s Appointee Advises
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Matthew Starr and Catawba Riverkeeper Sam Perkins Scott Pruitt’s recent decisions to purge EPA’s Science Advisory Board...