News & Updates
Tell Congress to Pass the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
A family of dangerous emerging contaminants, PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, poses a serious risk to human health and the wellbeing of our...
Unprecedented Analysis Reveals PFAS Contamination in U.S. Waterways Shows Shocking Levels of Contamination
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News | Press Releases
First-of-its kind study found 83% of the waters tested across the country were contaminated by dangerous PFAS chemicals NEW YORK — Today, Waterkeeper...
Beauty Without Comparison: Protecting Lake George’s Pristine Waters
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Lake George is rightly referred to as the Queen of American Lakes. Another honorific comes by way of Thomas Jefferson, who in 1791 as Secretary of State,...
Protecting Cabo Pulmo’s Coast
- By: Montserrat Arreola
- News
Amigos para la Conservación de Cabo Pulmo, A.C. (ACCP) is a community-based organization, created by Cabo Pulmo residents, originally established to care...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Emily Sutton didn’t know what being a Waterkeeper entailed until she started working as one. Suffice to say, it was an immediate fit. After graduating...
Conservation Groups Win Major Appeal in Challenge to Expansion of Colorado’s Gross Dam
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases
On Friday, September 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit handed conservation groups — Save the Colorado, The Environmental Group,...
Tell Congress to Reject Manchin’s ‘Dirty Deal’ to Fast-Track Fossil Fuel Projects
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
In exchange for his vote to help pass the Inflation Reduction Act last month, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has demanded a vote on a second bill...
Legal Agreement Blocks Drilling on 58,000 Acres in Montana, Dakotas Pending New Analysis
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Great Falls, MT—Conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) yesterday reached a settlement agreement that will prevent new oil and gas...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Damon Mullis, Ogeechee Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Damon Mullis is the Ogeechee Riverkeeper in Georgia. He grew up spending a lot of time hunting, fishing, and recreating outdoors. At Georgia Southern University,...
Tell EPA: It’s Time to Adopt National Numeric Nutrient Limits on Water Pollution
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
American waterways have a major nutrient pollution problem. Uncontrolled discharges of nitrogen and phosphorus are overwhelming waterways with more than...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Proposed Designation of Two PFAS Chemicals as ‘Hazardous Substances’
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
Marc Yaggi, Chief Executive Officer of Waterkeeper Alliance, released the following statement: Waterkeeper Alliance applauds EPA’s proposal to classify...
Help The Bahamas Say NO to Offshore Oil Drilling – Once And For All
- By: Chris Wilke
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
The Bahamas could send a message to the world – by banning oil drilling now. As Planet Earth spirals toward climate catastrophe, the math is clear:...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Margarita Diaz, Tijuana Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Margarita Diaz grew up near the beach and has always had a connection with water. So it makes sense that the first thing she did when she moved to Tijuana...
Tell EPA to Fully Restore State, Tribal, and Community Rights Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Clean Water Act is the nation’s most effective tool to protect American waterways. An essential component of the Clean Water Act, Section 401, gives...
Conservation Groups Call for Petroleum Policy Improvements, Better Transparency and Full Accounting of Dispersants Used, Following Exuma Spill
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
In response to the July 20 oil spill on Great Exuma, a coalition of environmental groups lauded the fast response, but called for improved spill prevention...
Support D.C. Statehood!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The long overdue Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which passed in the House of Representatives last year, would finally extend Congressional representation...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Laura Reinsborough, Ottawa Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Ottawa River is nearly 800 miles long. For most of its length, it serves as the border between the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The river...
North Carolina’s Biogas Permits Are Woefully Inadequate
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
More Stringent Monitoring and Compliance Protocols Are Needed Waterkeeper Alliance and Waterkeepers Carolina are severely disappointed with the North...
New Book From Corban Addison Highlights the CAFO Crisis in North Carolina
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News | Pure Farms, Pure Waters
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, the latest book from Corban Addison, documents the horrendous, unjust, and often untold story of how...
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to West Virginia v. EPA
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
“This ruling is a gift to polluters and will pose a major threat to clean water.” The decision issued today by the U.S. Supreme Court in West...
AP Coverage of Waterkeeper Drone Tactics
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
Earlier this month at the Waterkeeper Alliance Global Conference, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper Brent Walls led a drone training sessions for interested Waterkeeper...
Lawsuit Challenges Biden’s Resumption of Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Fossil Fuel Expansion Undermines Biden’s Climate Goals, Campaign Promises Climate and conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Biden...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Matt O’Malley, San Diego Coastkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Matt O’Malley is the San Diego Coastkeeper, though he grew up on the other side of the country in a highly urbanized area of New Jersey. He can remember...
Beach Cleanups in Cabo Pulmo and La Ribera, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- By: Montserrat Arreola
- News
Cabo Pulmo Coast Waterkeeper carried out five beach cleanups from October 2021 to March 2022. On October 23rd, we carried out our first cleanup, after...
The Tough Path to Environmental Justice in Colombia
- By: Liliana Patricia Guerrero Ramirez
- News
The values that inspire us and guide our actions are: justice, peace, equity and respect for Mother Earth (water, soil, air, wildlife); which, despite...
Clean Water Advocates File SCOTUS Brief to Defend Clean Water Act Protection for Waters of Significant National Importance
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance, San Francisco Baykeeper, Bayou City Waterkeeper, and 47 additional Waterkeeper groups from across the country filed an amicus brief...
Congress Must Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act!
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act was introduced last year in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This bill represents...
Waterkeeper Alliance and Cyclopure to Test More Than 130 American Waterways for PFAS Contamination
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The partnership includes a multi-phase, nationwide monitoring initiative to investigate the prevalence of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ and post study...
Who Is Waterkeeper: Jen Lomberk, Matanzas Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Jen Lomberk grew up in Florida, a state known for the many out-of-state people who relocate there. She describes herself as a child of the state’s waterways,...
Legal Protests Target Biden’s Plans To Resume Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | News
Fossil Fuel Expansion Undermines Biden’s Climate Goals, Campaign Promises Climate, conservation and community groups from across the country filed administrative...