News & Updates
Court voids discharge permit for proposed Big Box store
- By: Michael Howell
- News
On Monday, May 16, Helena District Court Judge Mike Menahan ruled in favor of the non-profit organizations Bitterrooters for Planning (BfP) and Bitterroot...
Waterkeeper Alliance Statement on NC DEQ Coal Ash Classifications
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
McCrory administration ignores state law deadline for Duke Energy coal ash cleanups RALEIGH, NC — May 18, 2016 — Today the North Carolina...
Keeping the Magic of the Bahamas
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Growing up in landlocked Pennsylvania, I always was enamored with the marine environment. The Bahamas in my mind were a magical and mythical archipelago...
Waterkeeper Alliance and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper React to Shell’s Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
NEW YORK, NY and BATON ROUGE, LA, May 13, 2016 —- An underwater pipeline at a Shell oil drilling platform has spilled 90,000 gallons of oil into...
Transcript Sheds Light on Deceptive North Carolina Do-not-drink Advisories
- By: Pete Harrison
- Climate And Safe Energy
McCrory Administration ignored and overruled advice of State Epidemiologist on coal ash toxin, put interests of polluters over public health RALEIGH, NC...
International coalition issues urgent appeal to save Bangladeshs people and tigers from Rampal coal plant
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Over 70 NGOs from 29 countries send urgent appeal to Exim Bank of India not to finance Rampal coal plant Nijmegen, Netherlands – A global coalition...
Toxic Legacy: Monsanto and PCB Contamination
- By: Kelly Foster
- News
“But, the most important thing about PCB’s … is that we have identified a mad dog—a known bad actor in the case of PCB. There is no doubt...
First Criminal Axe Falls on Flint: Three Government Workers Charged in Toxic Lead Cover-Up
- By: Daniel E. Estrin
- News
News broke yesterday that criminal charges have been filed against three government workers who allegedly concealed and/or conspired to hide the extent...
Wabash Riverkeeper Update on Diesel Spill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
** Video of plume much farther upstream than indicated by Marathon, available here. Plume still visible near the leak as of Tuesday evening LAFAYETTE,...
Wabash Riverkeeper Responds to Diesel Spill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
On the scene to assess damage to Wabash River LAFAYETTE, IN — April 19, 2016 — Wabash Riverkeeper, a Waterkeeper organization, arrived on the...
Waterkeeper Alliance Opposes “Monsanto Shield” Provision in Chemical Safety Reform Legislation
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
NEW YORK, NY — April 19, 2016 — Waterkeeper Alliance and 55 Waterkeeper member organizations and affiliates across the country are urging President...
Waterkeeper Alliance Announces 6th 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...
UN Report Distances Large Dams from Renewables Category
- By: Patricio Segura
- News
Patricio Segura is a Chilean journalist from Patagonia, a member of the Patagonian Defense Council, and President of the Corporación Privada para el...
Waterkeeper Alliance and Partners Call for Investigation into Safety of North Carolina Drinking Water Wells
- By: Pete Harrison
- News
On April 1 the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), under the leadership of Governor Pat McCrory, submitted a report to the North...
At Least Four Dead at Bangladesh Coal Plant Protest
- By: Donna Lisenby
- News
Yesterday at least four people were gunned down and killed as they gathered to protest construction of a coal plant in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Sadly this...
6th Annual SPLASH Event Series, Presented Nationally by Toyota
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
We’re thrilled to announce the locations of our 6th Annual SPLASH Event Series, presented nationally by Toyota! SPLASH events will take...
Are You Ready to #LOLforH2O?
- By: Mary Beth Postman
- News
Comedians have a unique way of making us laugh even when talking about serious topics. Every day the news is flooded with reports of dangerous water...
Waterkeeper Alliance Urges Governor McCrory to Repeal House Bill 2
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Waterkeeper Alliance and Waterkeepers Carolina are urging Governor McCrory to repeal the House Bill 2 legislation he signed on March 23, which overturns...
Georgia legislature overwhelmingly rejects river easements for Spectra’s Sabal “Sinkhole” Trail Pipeline
- By: John S. Quarterman
- Climate And Safe Energy
John S. Quarterman is President of WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc., the Waterkeeper® Affiliate for the Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and Upper Suwannee River...
New York’s Ban on Fracking Doesn’t Go Far Enough
- By: Joseph Campbell
- News
Joseph Campbell is the Principal at Seneca Lake Guardian, A Waterkeeper Affiliate. New York State banned fracking, a dangerous form of drilling for methane...
Historic Petition Urges Obama to Halt All New Offshore Fossil Fuel Leases
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
More Than 45 Organizations Back Historic Legal Petition That Takes Aim at Ocean-drilling Damage to Climate, Wildlife, Communities WASHINGTON— More than...
Cool Globes For Positive Change
- By: ajcarapella
- News
Have you ever wanted own a piece of climate AND art history? Now’s your chance. Inspired by a commitment made at the Clinton Global Initiative,...
Uncovering One of the Worst CAFO Polluters in Hominy Valley
- By: Hartwell Carson
- News
For months, French Broad Riverkeeper volunteers took samples to be tested for E. coli bacteria in the water along the Hominy Creek Greenway, a popular...
Coal Ash Units at Duke Energy Allen Steam Station Are Not “Low Priority”
- By: Pete Harrison
- News
My name is Peter Harrison, I am a resident of Durham, NC, and I am an attorney for Waterkeeper Alliance. My comments tonight will focus on the right of...
An Urgent Leap from Coal to Renewable Energy Needed to Ease Global Water Shortage
- By: Donna Lisenby
- Climate And Safe Energy
A Greenpeace study, The Great Water Grab, released today showing that the coal industry is responsible for deepening the global water crisis, has prompted...
Fully Loaded, Coal-Laden Vessel Sinks in the Sundarbans
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Waterkeeper organizations call on governments of India and Bangladesh to stop construction of Rampal and Orion Power Plants situated by the bank of River...
Statement by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the Assassinations of Berta Cáceres and Nelson Garcia
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joined with 118 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe today in urging the U.S. Department of...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Plan
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released a draft five-year plan for 2017-2022 that closes the Atlantic Ocean for oil and gas drilling...
Coalition celebrates FERC denial of Jordan Cove LNG terminal and Pacific Connector pipeline
- By: Lesley Adams
- Climate And Safe Energy
Coalition celebrates FERC denial of Jordan Cove LNG terminal and Pacific Connector pipeline Medford, OR—Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
DEQ In Bed With Big Pig
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Groups Call on EPA to Move Forward with Investigation and Enforce Civil Rights Act RALEIGH, N.C. – March 7, 2016 – Community and environmental groups...