News & Updates
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...