News & Updates
Free the Snake River, Remove the Dams
- By: Gary Wockner
- News
Gary Wockner, EcoWatch Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. Buck Ryan, the Snake River Waterkeeper, put it this way, “Removing hydroelectric dams...
Waterkeepers and the Planet at the Crossroads – IUCN World Congress 2016
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
From September 1 to 10, 2016, more than 6,000 people from around the world – representing non-profits, indigenous groups, government, academia, and...
Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds Norway’s Decision to Dump Duke Energy Stocks
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
NEW YORK, NY — September 7, 2016 — Today Norway’s central bank announced that the Norwegian Government’s Pension Fund, worth $900 billion,...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Desecration of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Sacred Sites by Dakota Access Pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
NEW YORK, NY — September 6, 2016 — This past Saturday, Energy Transfer Partners bulldozed historically and culturally significant Standing...
North Carolina Hog CAFOs Dumping Waste in Advance of Tropical Storm Hermine
- By: Christian Breen
- News
Cape Fear Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance Document Violations at roughly 30 CAFOs WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA – September 2, 2016 – On Thursday,...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Waterkeepers Worldwide Stand in Solidarity with Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
NEW YORK, NY — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Waterkeeper Alliance, and 93 Waterkeeper organizations worldwide sent a letter to Standing Rock Sioux tribal leaders...
Testing for Pollution on Climate Stressed Rivers in Ladakh
- By: Sharon Khan
- News
This piece was co-written with Cheryl Nenn, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, and Christine Ellis, Waccamaw Riverkeeper. By July 19, after days of traveling, our...
An Exciting Patrol on Dongting Lake
- By: Min Zheng
- News
On my last visit to China in April 2016, I went on a night patrol with Dongting Lake Waterkeeper DaMing He, aka Brother Ming, on Dongting Lake, a large,...
U.S. EPA Proposes First-Time Measures to Restrict the use of Coal Tar Sealants
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Groups call for complete ban on toxic substance that poisons ecosystems nationwide NEW YORK, NY – August 22, 2016 – Waterkeeper Alliance, Conservation...
Environmental Groups Win National Victory for Clean Water
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Agreement reached with EPA to adopt stronger standards in management of industrial stormwater pollution NEW YORK, NY – August 17, 2016 – A coalition...
Deadly Coal Pits of Samarinda
- By: Paul Winn
- News
Samarinda is the capital city of the East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, on the island of Borneo. The city has a rich cultural heritage, warm generous...
Ban Oil Trains For Good
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
This post, “Ban Oil Trains For Good,” originally appeared on The Huffington Post, August 11, 2016. Just a little over two months ago, a disastrous...
Bidding Farewell To Our Summer Interns
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
One of the most exciting things about summer at Waterkeeper Alliance headquarters is the team of interns that we bring on board to learn about the work...
Waterkeeper Alliance Investigates Coal Pollution Spill at Cliffside Power Plant
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Cleveland County, NC — Waterkeeper Alliance and Broad River Alliance, a Waterkeeper Alliance and MountainTrue Affiliate, responded yesterday to a...
Curing China’s “Cancer Villages”
- By: Min Zheng
- Clean Water Defense
Shadowing Mr. Huo, the Upper Huai River Waterkeeper, also known as the “Huai River Guardian (淮河卫士)” in China, on a typical patrol day was,...
His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, Live to Love International and Waterkeeper Alliance Launch Himalayan Initiative to Protect the Waters of Ladakh and Himalayas
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Building a movement to gather data necessary to combat the impacts of climate change on the, the Himalayas, the world’s largest freshwater resource LADAKH,...
At the Sacred Rooftop of the World with Himalayan Glacier Waterkeeper
- By: Sharon Khan
- News
This piece was co-written with Cheryl Nenn, Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Flying over some of the world’s most spectacular and impossible mountain terrain,...
A Clean Water Initiative for the Himalayas – The Third Pole
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Waterkeeper Alliance, in partnership with Live to Love International and Himalayan Glacier Waterkeeper, founded by His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa, head of...
What’s Up With The Algae Bloom That Led To Florida’s State of Emergency?
- By: Rachel Silverstein
- News
Rachel Silverstein is the Executive Director & Waterkeeper of Miami Waterkeeper. This post originally appeared on Miami Waterkeeper’s blog. The...
Waterkeepers Respond to California Oil Spills
- By: Donna Lisenby
- News
Sea level rise, super storms and ever more deadly fire seasons are increasing as climate change tightens its grip on communities around the globe. Oil...
North Carolina Riverkeepers Blast NC Senate Plan to let Duke off the Hook for Coal Ash Cleanups
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
This afternoon, an anti-environmental faction within the North Carolina state senate suddenly introduced a bill that would effectively repeal key provisions...
Fields of Filth: Landmark Report Maps Feces-Laden Hog and Chicken Operations in North Carolina
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Waterkeeper Alliance, North Carolina Riverkeeper organizations and Environmental Working Group collaborate on unprecedented GIS initiative showing the...
Sixth Annual “Celebrate the River” Student Art Contest Held at the Americana Hotel in Nogales, AZ
- By: Blue Evening Star
- News
The Sixth Annual “Celebrate the River” Student Art Contest was a huge success! Hosted by Friends of the Santa Cruz River, a Waterkeeper Alliance Affiliate...
Remando Juntos
- By: Benjamin Webb
- News
Marañón Waterkeeper is paddling to save the source of the Amazon from 20 massive hydro dams. The strongest movements start with people, whether they...
“Luck” Is Not An Oil Train Disaster Plan
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
On Friday, June 3, a train carrying Bakken crude oil, which was fracked in North Dakota and bound for a refinery in Puget Sound, derailed and exploded...
Waterkeeper Alliance and iSow Announce Strategic Partnership
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Waterkeeper Alliance and iSow today announced their strategic partnership, bringing together the largest and fastest growing nonprofit solely focused...
Waterkeepers Bangladesh and London Waterkeeper Partnership Launched
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
On the fourth day of the 2016 Waterkeeper Alliance global conference, Buriganga Riverkeeper, Surma River Waterkeeper, Khowai River Waterkeeper and London...
Saving The St. Lawrence
- By: Lee Willbanks
- News
This post originally appeared on AmericanRivers.org, as part of their America’s Most Endangered Rivers® series spotlighting the St. Lawrence River....
SweetWater Brewing Company To Give $100,000 For Clean Water Initiatives
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Save Our Water Campaign to Generate $100,000 in Matching Funds for $200,000+ Total ATLANTA – SweetWater Brewing Company is broadening its annual Save...
Miles Offshore With Nowhere To Hide
- By: Larissa Liebmann
- News
On Thursday, May 12, an estimated 88,000 gallons of oil leaked from a pipeline leading to a Shell platform 97 miles off the coast of Louisiana was detected...