Rivers

August 26, 2022 Photo credit our partners at Sweetwater Brewing Marc Yaggi, Chief Executive Officer of Waterkeeper Alliance, released the following statement: Waterkeeper Alliance applauds EPA’s proposal to classify PFOA and PFOS,…
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August 17, 2022 Photo by Shutterstock 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: to reduce global greenhouse gas levels, world…
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August 10, 2022 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 from Mexico City was go to the beach. “I always say the beach…
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August 2, 2022 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 states broad water quality certification authority to protect…
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June 21, 2022 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 a long period of being on pause due to the pandemic. On that day,…
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July 28, 2022 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 and preparedness as well as increased transparency and a full…
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July 20, 2022 The long overdue Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which passed in the House of Representatives last year, would finally extend Congressional representation to the hundreds of thousands of American citizens living in the…
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July 20, 2022 Photo Credit: Martin Lipman 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 runs right past the Parliament…
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July 7, 2022 More Stringent Monitoring and Compliance Protocols Are Needed  Waterkeeper Alliance and Waterkeepers Carolina are severely disappointed with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) over their…
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July 5, 2022 Photo by Mark Meranta. 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 industrial pig farms have devastated North…
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June 30, 2022 Photo by Crush Creations LLC The decision issued today by the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA is a major setback that will severely limit the United States’ ability to appropriately respond to devastating…
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June 30, 2022 Photo by Bart Mihailovich/Waterkeeper Alliance Earlier this month at the Waterkeeper Alliance Global Conference, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper Brent Walls led a drone training sessions for interested Waterkeeper groups to…
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