News & Updates
One Belt, One Road… ONE BLUE PLANET
- By: Sharon Khan
- News
“All of the pollution we force upon our rivers, is but only wounds to our civilizations and ourselves. To protect rivers, is to protect the common interests...
Kick Out The Dams!
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
This week, I returned from a trip to the beautiful country of Sweden, where I spent time with Thomas Johansson, Swedish Baltic Rivers Waterkeeper, and...
Environmental Groups Sue over Unsafe Waters in New York City
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Lax Oversight Allows City and State to Evade Health Protections, Continue Sewer Overflows of 20 Billion Gallons/Year A coalition of nine New York City,...
The Guayllabamba Waterkeeper Family of Quito, Ecuador
- By: Gary Wockner
- News
The Waterkeeper movement – all 320+ of us around the world and our staffs – likes to think of each other as a family, but perhaps nowhere is that more...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to WOTUS Withdrawal
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
NEW YORK, NY – Continuing its march toward elimination of key Clean Water Act protections, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued...
The Largest Source of Toxic Water Pollution | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Every year, over 2 billion pounds of pollutants are dumped into our waterways by power plants – the largest source of toxic water pollution in our...
Pulling out of the Paris Agreement is a threat to human rights
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Maia Berlow, Advocacy Intern at Waterkeeper Alliance As I think about the different categories of rights I deeply care about — minority, women’s...
Fight for a Fairer FERC! | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Increased oil and gas production in the United States and Canada over recent years has lead to demand for new pipelines. Pipeline construction can be devastating...
Time to fight for local climate action! | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
On June 1, President Trump announced that he will withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. This decision threatens to dismantle the...
Great Beer for a Great Cause
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
With a summer-long Instagram contest, the time is now to help Waterkeeper Alliance Save our Water and drink delicious beer! When you post using the hashtag...
NCGOP Wrong on Property Rights
- By: Will Hendrick
- News
This weekend, political conservatives are gathering in Wilmington, NC, for the 2017 NCGOP State Convention, where party members will consider a platform...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from Paris Agreement
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Climate And Safe Energy
President Trump’s decision is divorced from reality and puts the United States on the wrong side of history. NEW YORK, NY – President Trump today...
Pesticides Poisoning our Waterways | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Right ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, when so many families are heading to their favorite waterbody to kick off the summer, the House of Representatives...
“Flirting With Disaster” Film Puts Spotlight on a Looming Public Health Threat in Nogales, Arizona
- By: Blue Evening Star
- News
Blue Evening Star is a representative of Friends of the Santa Cruz River Every storm that hits Nogales, AZ puts pressure on the deteriorating, leaky sewage...
Business Runs Better on Clean Water
- By: Orange County Coastkeeper
- News
Reposted with permission from Orange County Coastkeeper Blog Coastkeeper works to safeguard Orange County’s 42 miles of coastline and protect its invaluable...
Read for the Earth: Wake up Our Love for Nature
- By: Qiantang River Waterkeeper
- News
By Mei Xue1 and Lan Xiaowen2 of Qiantang River Waterkeeper April 22nd of each year is Earth Day, a festival dedicated to the world’s environmental...
Sail, Boat, or March to Save Our Oceans
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
On six continents, Waterkeeper Alliance has over 300 Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates fighting for healthy waterways, many of those along coasts...
Our Oceans, Our Future | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
Our coasts are under grave threat from the Trump administration catering to fossil fuel companies. The land under the ocean off of our coasts is considered...
Divest for Children and the Planet
- By: Donna Lisenby
- News
The children and our only planet home. Both are so abundantly diverse and preciously unique that they fill my soul with wonder. Inside my heart lives a...
Deja Vu Every Four Days
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
“This has been the longest 100 days that I can remember.” “It is exhausting.” “It feels like all the clean water, climate, and clean air...
Waterkeeper Alliance Submits Comments Opposing EPA Regulatory Rollbacks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Waterkeeper Alliance, along with 121 Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates, submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late...
7th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
We’re thrilled to announce the locations of our 7th Annual SPLASH Event Series, presented nationally by Toyota! The 2017 season of SPLASH events will...
Waterkeeper Alliance Announces 7th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Thousands of Americans celebrate the importance of clean water by getting out on their local waterways to swim, paddle, race, fish and make a SPLASH! NEW...
URGENT: Don’t let Industry Hijack our Regulatory Process!
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
5/26/2017: This post has been updated to reflect the advancement of the RAA. Over the past few weeks, we’ve discussed EPA’s important role in creating...
Polluters Ask Trump Administration to Cut 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 Dangerous piles of industrial waste laced with lead, arsenic, mercury and other toxics...
Testing the Waters So You Don’t Have To
- By: London Waterkeeper
- News
By London Waterkeeper Theo Thomas The River Thames sometimes meets bathing water quality standards and sometimes it doesn’t. But we don’t know when....
North Sound Baykeeper tours Hangman Creek, Washington’s most polluted stream
- By: North Sound Baykeeper
- News
By North Sound Baykeeper Lee First Reposted with permission from RE Sources for Sustainable Communities My favorite aspect of being the North Sound Baykeeper...
Report Reveals Coal Mining a Major Obstacle to Indonesian Food Security
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Indonesian mining advocacy network, JATAM, and international clean water nonprofit, Waterkeeper Alliance, today released a damning report, “Hungry...
Bill Dumps Protections From Animal Waste | Dive Into Democracy
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
H.R. 848 is a blatant attempt to prevent the public from taking action to protect themselves against dangerous pollution caused by industrial-scale confined...
Rampal Thermal Power Plant: Potential Air Pollution, Toxicity and Effects on Human Health
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
A press conference was held for the publication of international research report titled as “Rampal Thermal Power Plant: Potential Air Pollution, Toxicity...