News & Updates
Third Worst Coal Ash Spill in US History
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Duke Energy Responsible for Third Worst Coal Spill in US History Waterkeepers Call for Closure of Toxic Coal Ash Waste Impoundments Eden, NC – Another...
Local Groups Seek Clean Up of Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution Across North Carolina
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Local Groups Seek Clean Up of Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution Across North Carolina CHAPEL HILL, N.C.–The Southern Environmental Law Center today...
Victory for Great Lakes
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Coalition: Spending Bill ‘Significant Victory for Millions Who Depend on Great Lakes’ ANN ARBOR, MICH. – The U.S. Congress released its 2014 spending...
Waterkeepers Seek to Stop Illegal Swine Waste Pollution
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Community Advocates Seek to Stop Illegal Swine Waste Pollution in North Carolina Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation and Waterkeeper Alliance Notify North Carolina...
Conservation Groups Get Voice in Coal Ash Fight
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Conservation Groups Get Voice in Coal Ash Fight Court Rules Conservation Groups Are Full Parties in Sutton Plant Action CHAPEL HILL, NC –The Wake County...
Environmental Groups React to West Virginia Factory Farm Decision
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Today a federal district court in West Virginia ruled that pollutants carried by rain from the farmyard of an industrial poultry facility are not subject...
Duke Coal Ash Pollution Ruining Public Drinking Water Resource in Wilmington, NC
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Duke Coal Ash Pollution Ruining Public Drinking Water Resource in Wilmington, NC CHAPEL HILL, NC –Coal ash pollution from Duke Energy Progress’s Sutton...
Waterkeeper movement thrives from Maine to Nepal, says Joe Payne
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
YARMOUTH — For 22 years, Joe Payne has patrolled the waters of Casco Bay, Maine improving water quality, restoring clam flats, protecting young lobsters...
Waterkeeper Alliance Applauds Judge Nickerson’s Decision to Reject Perdue Request For Legal Fees
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Statement by Marc Yaggi, executive director for Waterkeeper Alliance, on today’s order by U.S. District Court Judge William M. Nickerson to Deny Perdue...
Conservation Groups Act to Join State Charges against Progress Energy’s Coal Ash Pollution at Sutton Plant Near Wilmington
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Conservation Groups Act to Join State Charges against Progress Energy’s Coal Ash Pollution at Sutton Plant Near Wilmington CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Conservation...
Closing the Floodgates
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
Report shows lack of limits on toxic coal ash water pollution discharges from coal-fired power plants Closing the Floodgates is a comprehensive survey...
N.C. adds Charlotte-area Riverbend power plant to coal ash lawsuit
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy
State regulators under pressure from environmental groups added Duke Energy’s Riverbend power plant, perched above Charlotte’s water supply, to a lawsuit...