Press Releases

• Mar 2, 2010 MAJOR LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT MARYLAND WATERWAYS   
  With Perdue Factory Farm Failing to Respond, Assateague Coastkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance Sue Hudson Farm and Perdue for Violating Clean Water Act
   
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  Feb 24, 2010 The Dirty Lie Video Contest: Coal, Lies and Video Tape
  $5,000 Grand Prize Offered for Most Compelling Video Debunking Myth of ‘Clean Coal’
   
• Feb 17, 2010 LEGAL NOTICE OF CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS   
  Uncontrolled Manure from Hudson Farm Polluting Maryland Waterways and Threatening Health of Residents
   
• Feb 10, 2010 RIVER ADVOCATES ALLEGE CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS BY N.C. HOG OPERATION   
  Waterways of Neuse River Watershed Polluted by Operation’s Manure
   
• Dec 7, 2009 Waterkeepers Petition EPA to Pull Maryland's Clean Water Act Authority   
  Environmental Groups Ask Federal Agency to Oversee Clean Water Act in the State Baltimore, MD -- December 7, 2009 –  Waterkeepers Chesapeake of Maryland and Waterkeeper Alliance (collectively “Waterkeepers”) today filed a detailed, 58 page petition seeking major changes in the way...
   
• Nov 20, 2009 RFK, Jr to debate Massey Chairman and CEO   
  Waterkeeper Alliance President and Massey Energy Chairman/CEO Will Meet at University of Charleston for Coal and Energy Discussion, Moderated by UC President Edwin Welch.
   
• Oct 23, 2009 EPA To Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant Air Toxics   
  Deadline of November 2011 for EPA Rules to Cut Power Plant Toxic Air Pollution Emissions Washington, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic air pollution from the nation’s coal- and oil-burning power plants, by November 2011, according to...
   
• Oct 8, 2009 Coalition Asks EPA to Regulate Greenhouse Gases and Other Toxic Air Pollutants from Industrial Animal Operations   
  WASHINGTON (Sept. 21, 2009) – The Humane Society of the United States and a coalition of environmental and public health organizations filed a legal petition with the Environmental Protection Agency seeking to regulate air pollution from factory farms.    The petitioners joining...
   
• Jun 25, 2009 President Clinton Speaks on Waterkeeper Alliance's 10th Anniversary Conference
  PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON JOINS TOP ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS TO SPEAK AT WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE’S 10 TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY – JUNE 24-27, 2009   NEW YORK, NY – June 18, 2009 – Waterkeeper Alliance – the international champion of clean water and strong...
   
• May 15, 2009 Protecting Against Polluted Runoff   
  MARYLAND WATERKEEPERS SETTLE LAWSUIT AGAINST DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ENSURING BETTER PROTECTION FOR THE BAY FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES
   
• Feb 26, 2009 MD Nutrient Management Plans to Become Public Documents   
  In an important step towards bringing transparency to industrial agriculture practices in Maryland, a Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County ruled that Maryland Nutrient Management Plans (NMPs) are public documents, and therefore should be made available for review upon request.