News & Updates
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...
Rallying for Royal Bengal Tigers
- By: Waterkeepers Bangladesh
- News
Reposted with permission from Waterkeepers Bangladesh Blog Waterkeepers Bangladesh and Pashur River Waterkeeper honored International Tiger Day on July...
Organizations, Citizens Speak Out Against EPA’s Rollback of Toxic Water Pollution Limits
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Waterkeeper Alliance says EPA’s action to delay requirements is illegal Environmental and health organizations and concerned citizens from throughout...
Win-Win Buyout Program Prevents More Losses in NC’s Floodplain
- By: ajcarapella
- News
Co-Written by Will Hendrick, Waterkeeper Alliance Staff Attorney and North Carolina Pure Farms, Pure Waters Campaign Manager & Matthew Starr, Upper...
Investment in Infrastructure is Investment in Public Health | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
We all need clean and safe drinking water and public waterways free from sewage and other pollutants. While we do not often think about them, complex systems...
Duke Energy’s Plans for Coal Ash Dumps Threaten Indiana’s Great Rivers, Underground Water Supplies
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
The company’s plan to leave toxic waste in place will cause contamination State and national public interest groups are calling on Indiana environmental...
A Bright Future for Bhutan
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
“Where we live must be clean, safe, organized, and beautiful, for national integrity, national pride, and for our bright future. This too is nation...
Don’t Give Pipeline Companies A Free Pass | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
A month ago, we discussed how oil and gas pipeline construction can be devastating to the environment and communities and can lead to long-lasting damage...
From Xiang to Yangtze, Watchers of the Chinese Rivers
- By: Xiang River Waterkeeper
- News
By Cheng Sun, Xiang River Waterkeeper 2,295 years ago, the patriotic poet Yuan Qu committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River after being...
Stop the Fast-Tracking of Dams! | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Threats from the hydropower industry have increased in recent years and right now there are more than 30 bills in Congress that impact how dams are built...
Pollution Cannot be Political
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Maia Berlow, Advocacy Intern at Waterkeeper Alliance On June 14th, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon and four...
Congress Doubles Down on Fossil Fuel Addiction | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Lesley Adams
- News
Emboldened by a President who denies climate change and appointed an ExxonMobil executive as our Secretary of State, Congressional leadership is planning...
Trump Breathes New Life into LNG Export in Western U.S.
- By: Lesley Adams
- News
Fossil fuel advocates have been pushing the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project for more than a decade, and after two failed attempts,...
Oyster Reef Restoration in Liaodong Peninsula
- By: Black Reef Coast Waterkeeper
- News
By Zhipeng Wang and Shengwei Zeng of Black Reef Coast Waterkeeper In December 2015, Sirui Wang, Black Reef Coast Waterkeeper and long-time environmental...