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Environmental Groups Reach Settlement in North Carolina Public Records Act Case
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
In a major win for transparency, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Waterkeeper Alliance today announced they have reached a settlement in a dispute...
Keep Politics Out of Science | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
In March 2017, a bill ironically called the HONEST Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill purports to create greater transparency surrounding...
Proposed Revisions to WOTUS Reduce Clean Water Protections
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
EPA and the Corps’ attempts to revoke Clean Water Act protections from waters is an illegal effort that puts drinking water and public health at risk...
EPA Withholding Public Information; Groups File Freedom of Information Suit Over America’s Worst Toxic Water Pollution Source
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
First, EPA abruptly abandoned protections to prevent toxics from being dumped into our waterways — now, the agency is illegally keeping information...
Environmental Groups’ Statement on Duke Energy’s announcement that it will now provide legally-required information to the public on toxic waste spills
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Earthjustice, Southern Environmental Law Center, and our clients are pleased that Duke Energy now says it will comply with the law, and provide the required...
Hawai‘i and China Connect on Maui
- By: Min Zheng
- News
This summer Green Zhejiang, the parent organization of Qiantang River Waterkeeper, once again brought a group of students to Hawai‘i to explore its culture...
Healthy Waterways Need A Healthy Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Many of the actions we have covered in Dive into Democracy are inspired by Members of Congress or the Trump administration putting the profits of a few...
Groups to Sue to Compel Duke Energy to Stop Withholding Required Toxic Waste Spill Safety Information
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
TERRE HAUTE, IN – To protect communities from toxic waste disasters, Earthjustice today sent out letters notifying Duke Energy and government authorities...
Duke Energy Violates the Law by Hiding Critical Dam Safety Information
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Information Withheld for Coal Ash Sites across North Carolina CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— Local community groups across the country today sent Duke Energy and...
Duke Energy Violates National Coal Ash Rule by Hiding Critical Dam Safety Information
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
WASHINGTON— Local community groups across the country today sent notices that they plan to bring enforcement actions against Duke Energy for withholding...
Strong Environmental Review Protects Us All!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), is a monumental law passed in 1970 to ensure that decisions made by federal agencies that will impact the...
Waterkeepers Fighting Harmful Algal Blooms From Coast to Coast
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Kai Olson-Sawyer | This post originally appeared on the Ecocentric blog and is reprinted with permission. America’s waterways are as different...
Build Barriers to Protect Our Great Lakes From Invasion, Our Jobs Are At Stake
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
By Marc Yaggi and Lake Erie Waterkeeper Sandy Bihn, EcoWatch Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. Before President Trump took office, a barrier designed...
Trump Administration Bows to Polluters, Cuts First-Ever National Safeguards for Nation’s No. 2 Toxic Pollution Threat
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided today that it will “reconsider” the first-ever federal rule that provides health...
Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund — Commemorating Tragedy With Charity
- By: Lindsey Muzzio
- News
This year marked the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Leading global brokerage company Cantor Fitzgerald and its affiliate BGC Partners lost...
We Can’t Afford to Keep Silent on Climate | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
As hurricanes pummel the southeast United States and the Caribbean, the western United States is on track to have the worst fire season in a decade. The...
Communities Pay The Price for Pipelines
- By: ajcarapella
- News
Co-written by Waterkeeper Alliance Staff Attorney Larissa Liebmann and Atchafalaya Basinkeeper Staff Attorney Misha Mitchell In 2017, Sunoco Logistics...
Straining Through the Smoke, Looking for a Clean Energy Future
- By: Lesley Adams
- News
The smoke outside was so thick one could not see the mountains that rise sharply on the other side of the valley. Inside, I sat amongst 400 community members...
We Need a Fully Funded EPA!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Congress returns from its summer recess this week, and one of its most pressing tasks is coming to an agreement on a federal budget. In the spring, the...
2017: A Year of Devastating Floods
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
2017 will be remembered as a year of intense flooding. Many reading this will think of the horrific devastation Hurricane Harvey wreaked on the city of...
Bagmati River Festival 2017 — Collaborating to Bring Relief to Flood Victims of Nepal
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Sanu Maiya Maharjan, Friends of Bishnumati, Bagmati River Waterkeeper Affiliate A festival with a purpose — Nepal Waterkeepers bring relief to victims...
Bayou City Waterkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance Respond to Harvey Devastation
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Bayou City Waterkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance are responding to Hurricane Harvey, working to assess the damage the record-breaking storm has brought...
UPDATE: Don’t Let EPA Gut the Clean Water Act! | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
UPDATE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps announced that they are extending the comment period on the proposed first step of...
A Persistent Voice for Clean Water
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Since Dive into Democracy launched in March, we have covered many of the ways that the Trump administration and Members of Congress are attempting to push...
Constitution Pipeline Rejected! Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms States’ Power to Reject Pipelines
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition from Constitution Pipeline Company and, in the process, upheld the authority of states to...
President Trump’s Infrastructure Scheme Puts Lives at Risk
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Yesterday, President Trump held a press conference to announce his issuance of an executive order to fast track dangerous fossil fuel and energy projects...
Environmental and Public Interest Groups Condemn Racist Violence and Intolerance in Charlottesville, Virginia
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
A broad coalition of environmental, public health and public interest groups, including prominent African American and Latino organizations, issued the...
Words to Live By: My River, My Pride
- By: Gomti River Waterkeeper
- News
On August 13th in Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India, a group of over 30 volunteers and several civil society organizations joined forces...
Say “No” to Offshore Drilling! | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Back in May, we warned that the Trump Administration had plans to vastly expand the areas open to offshore drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic...
Oh Great Spirit: The Big Island Needs Our Help!
- By: Gary Wockner
- News
Great spirit, I’ve had it Bring me back to the nomadic Way of weaving through the damage Mindful, stay mindful Great spirit, for my sisters Let me...