In the News

• Sep 3, 2010 Warrandyte Yarra campaigner up for award
   
• Sep 3, 2010 700-year-old cypress tell story of survival
   
• Sep 3, 2010 Environmental Protection Agency weighs two plans to regulate coal ash
   
• Sep 2, 2010 Independent tests find oil spill contamination in Louisiana oysters and crabs
   
• Sep 2, 2010 Riverkeeper pleased with effort to keep stormwater out of White Oak River
   
• Sep 2, 2010 Tanyard Creek still posting high contamination levels
   
• Sep 1, 2010 No third crossing for Petitcodiac
   
• Sep 1, 2010 Official tidal bore times are a few minutes off
   
• Sep 1, 2010 Some lake fish found tainted
   
• Aug 31, 2010 Settlement possible in S.C. vs. N.C. water war U.S. Supreme Court case
   
• Aug 31, 2010 Report: Coal Ash Is Toxic Threat To Our Waterways
   
• Aug 31, 2010 A gathering to help the Ottawa River
   
• Aug 30, 2010 Toxic chemical prompts warnings at Lake Wateree
   
• Aug 30, 2010 Proposed end of Lake George campsite garbage collection opposed
   
• Aug 30, 2010 Improvements planned for Hoyt Lake
   
• Aug 29, 2010 A Few Polluted Hours on the River
   
• Aug 29, 2010 Mixed results obtained from Georgia water quality sampling effort
   
• Aug 29, 2010 LNG foes appeal pipeline ruling
   
• Aug 28, 2010 Men complete Mississippi journey
   
• Aug 28, 2010 Environmentalists Find Dozens of Dead Birds on Island in the Gulf
   
• Aug 28, 2010 State water advice: Back to basics is best bet to save Florida's water
   
• Aug 27, 2010 Documentary on Yadkin River to open Sept. 18
   
• Aug 27, 2010 Why are Durham beaches posted?
   
• Aug 27, 2010 More tests done for bad Augusta water
   
• Aug 26, 2010 Boats race at Paddlefest
   
• Aug 26, 2010 New trash bins coming this fall
   
• Aug 25, 2010 Few signs of life in Trail Creek
   
• Aug 25, 2010 Pollution can change with weather, rain
   
• Aug 25, 2010 Cardin bill undermines Clean Water Act
   
• Aug 24, 2010 Chicken War
   
• Aug 24, 2010 Mississippi River trip nears end
   
• Aug 24, 2010 Nuclear Plant’s Use of River Water Prompts $1.1 Billion Debate With State
   
• Aug 23, 2010 Environmental groups comment on Hudson River PCB Peer Review Panel’s draft recommendations
   
• Aug 23, 2010 County Environmental Panel Puts Focus on Hudson River Water Quality
   
• Aug 23, 2010 Dead Fish and Sick People Don't Stop Florida's Water Polluters
   
• Aug 22, 2010 Environmental groups question $922 million 'green' industrial park
   
• Aug 22, 2010 Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper receives grant to restore waterfront
   
• Aug 22, 2010 Alabama Surface Mining Commission hears foes, supporters of Warrior River strip mine
   
• Aug 21, 2010 The Petitcodiac tidal bore is back
   
• Aug 21, 2010 Willamette travelers bring Paddle Oregon to Corvallis
   
• Aug 21, 2010 State officials to tour dump site
   
• Aug 20, 2010 Coal mine would strip University of its reputation
   
• Aug 20, 2010 Hydrofracking, Green Jobs, Indian Point Charge Energy And Environmental Debate
   
• Aug 20, 2010 $51K native plant project in downtown York destroyed
   
• Aug 19, 2010 A sad day for Raritan Bay
   
• Aug 19, 2010 JEA, environmentalists settle lawsuit over sewers
   
• Aug 19, 2010 Proposed slaughterhouse stirs controversy in Quad Cities
   
• Aug 18, 2010 Riverkeeper invites singer to 'get a little wet'
   
• Aug 18, 2010 Will Mine Discharge Threaten Birmingham Area Water?
   
• Aug 18, 2010 Coal Fired Plant Opposed
   
• Aug 17, 2010 The Once and Future Harbor
   
• Aug 17, 2010 State Eyeing Lake Erie Algae Blooms
   
• Aug 17, 2010 Heat, pollution make Bay ripe for dangerous bacteria
   
• Aug 16, 2010 Paddling with a purpose: Kayakers get first-hand look at dangers facing river
   
• Aug 15, 2010 Sophie Hawkins' passion trumps her fears
   
• Aug 15, 2010 City planning cleanup of blighted Duffyfield canal
   
• Aug 15, 2010 City Expands East River & Long Island Sound Cleanup Effort
   
• Aug 14, 2010 SNEAK PEAK: The Women Who Won’t Abandon the Gulf
   
• Aug 14, 2010 Comments sought on plan to move sewer pipe
   
• Aug 14, 2010 Sparks Continue to Fly Over Cooling Water Intake Structures as Fifth Circuit Approves Oil and Gas Phase III Rule and EPA Issues Contingent Valuation Survey
   
• Aug 13, 2010 City: temporary canal pipes part of sewage solution   
   
• Aug 13, 2010 Grand Riverkeeper recruits experts for public sessions on Lower Churchill EIS guidelines   
   
• Aug 12, 2010 Broughton wins victory   
   
• Aug 12, 2010 Kayaking for the Catawba   
   
• Aug 12, 2010 Feds offer $900K Feds to restore streams   
   
• Aug 12, 2010 New threat to Rock River from Iowa   
   
• Aug 11, 2010 Group calls for action on Great Lakes 'sewage crisis'   
   
• Aug 11, 2010 Georgia-Pacific and environmental activists face off over St. Johns pollution   
   
• Aug 11, 2010 'Floatables' Problem at Canal Side is Addressed   
   
• Aug 10, 2010 'Floating wetlands' find a home in Baltimore's Inner Harbor   
   
• Aug 10, 2010 Riverkeeper Hires New Executive Director   
   
• Aug 10, 2010 Many ways to get fluoride   
   
• Aug 9, 2010 Two Join Race for Pepsi Gulf Grants   
   
• Aug 9, 2010 Response to fire and chemical spill fell short, most agree   
   
• Aug 9, 2010 Water chestnuts invade Tonawanda   
   
• Aug 6, 2010 15,000 fish estimated killed by toxins   
   
• Aug 6, 2010 Conservation Groups Question Port's Dumping On West Hayden Island   
   
• Aug 6, 2010 Opponents of reservoir plan demand proponents stop using 'Save the Poudre'   
   
• Aug 4, 2010 Oregon limits dredges for gold in salmon streams   
   
• Aug 4, 2010 Lessons from Dimock, PA: Calling for a Moratorium on Natural Gas Drilling in New York   
   
• Aug 1, 2010 Group wants Hillary Clinton to keep Asian carp from lakes   
   
• Jul 31, 2010 Cause of Haw River fish kill a mystery   
   
• Jul 31, 2010 Chemicals foul creek after fire   
   
• Jul 30, 2010 Judge won't stop Rogue River dam removal   
   
• Jul 30, 2010 Strip Mining Canyon Country   
   
• Jul 30, 2010 Riverkeeper criticizes Outaouais lagoon plan   
   
• Jul 30, 2010 Protect N.J. by treating coal ash like toxic waste   
   
• Jul 29, 2010 Suit aims to halt trash shipping   
   
• Jul 29, 2010 Late to fight, foes no less opposed to pipeline plan   
   
• Jul 29, 2010 Maryland Public Television: The Runoff Dilemma
   
• Jul 27, 2010 Environmental group alleges that another nutrient standards-blocking rider is in the works   
   
• Jul 26, 2010 Introducing the Watauga Riverkeeper Festival   
   
• Jul 26, 2010 Toxic Dispersants Near Gulf Harm Humans And Wildlife   
   
• Jul 22, 2010 Eastern Shore farm pollution lawsuit upheld   
   
• Jul 22, 2010 Opponents of reservoir plan demand proponents stop using   
   
• Jul 22, 2010 BP oil spill: tropical storm threat halts clean-up
   
• Jul 21, 2010 Oil Spill Update: Relief Tunnel Almost Complete
   
• Jul 21, 2010 China oil spill doubles while BP well cap causes concern
   
• Jul 16, 2010 BP capped well holding nearly a day into new fix
   
• Jul 16, 2010 Gulf oil spill: Cap test going according to plan
   
• Jul 15, 2010 Analysis: BP disaster will slow Gulf states' recovery
   
• Jul 14, 2010 Gulf oil spill: US and BP divided over well test
   
• Jul 14, 2010 UPDATE: BP halts relief well to test new cap
   
• Jul 13, 2010 Feds revamp controversial media rules for BP oil disaster coverage
   
• Jul 13, 2010 New containment cap lowered over crippled Gulf oil well
   
• Jul 12, 2010 BP Starts Test Today on Stopping Leak From Gulf Well
   
• Jul 9, 2010 It's not just the beach getting oiled
   
• Jul 8, 2010 Louisiana Watermen Demand Proper Safety Equipment In Gulf Oil Cleanup
   
• Jul 7, 2010 AP: Gulf awash in 27,000 abandoned gas, oil wells
   
• Jul 6, 2010 On 78th Day of BP Disaster, Surveying the Economic Damage to the Gulf
   
• Jul 6, 2010 Tar Balls Hit Texas, Whose Governor Said The BP Disaster Was An ‘Act Of God’
   
• Jul 1, 2010 Trimble Empowers Gulf Region to Map the Oil Spill with New Mobile App
   
• Jun 30, 2010 Cleanup ships idled as storm rattles Gulf region
   
• Jun 29, 2010 Hurricane Alex to Hamper BP's Gulf Oil Disaster Containment Effort
   
• Jun 25, 2010 Judge refuses to delay oil drilling ban
   
• Jun 24, 2010 Some swimmers ignore tainted water warning in Biscayne Bay
   
• Jun 21, 2010 BP Gulf spill costs hit 2 billion dollars, no end yet
   
• Jun 21, 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims to be 'paid quickly'
   
• Jun 21, 2010 BP memo, Company feared 100,000 barrels of oil could spill in Gulf of Mexico daily
   
• Jun 17, 2010 Lawmakers confront BP CEO over Gulf oil disaster
   
• Jun 15, 2010 Obama accuses BP of 'recklessness'
   
• Jun 9, 2010 Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News
   
• Jun 3, 2010 BP disaster raises oil industry's insurance costs
   
• Jun 3, 2010 Gulf Conservationists Challenge Phony BP Oil Disaster Cleanup Plan
   
• Jun 2, 2010 BP Oil Spill Update: Feds Approve New Gulf Oil Well
   
• Jun 1, 2010 Fears grow over oil spill's long-term effects on food chain
   
• Jun 1, 2010 BP Tries Again to Divert Oil Leak With Dome
   
• Jun 1, 2010 Gulf disaster not slowing oil companies' march to offshore drilling
   
• May 31, 2010 Florida Fisheries and Tourism Impacted by BP Oil Disaster
   
• May 28, 2010 BP CEO gives 'top kill' 48 hours in Gulf spill
   
• May 28, 2010 Obama in Gulf, BP advances in oil plug bid
   
• May 25, 2010 Oil Spill Volunteers Growing Impatient With BP
   
• May 25, 2010 Obama's Sluggish Oil Spill Response
   
• May 24, 2010 Oil spill update from the field: Anarchy on the Louisiana coast as furious leaders defy BP and Coast Guard
   
• May 24, 2010 BP Spill Update: Endless Spill, Endless Blame
   
• May 19, 2010 Gulf oil spill fallout: MMS will now be spilt into 3 agencies
   
• May 18, 2010 Loop Current Is Now Drawing The BP Oil Disaster To Florida Keys
   
• May 18, 2010 BP says spending at the rate of $35 million a day on spill
   
• May 18, 2010 BP to step up push to siphon crude, shut well
   
• May 17, 2010 BP: US Oil Spill Liabilities Not Limited By $75M Cap
   
• May 17, 2010 BP ‘pressured rig disaster workers to drill faster’
   
• May 14, 2010 BP Risks Disaster By Playing Down the Gulf Oil Spill's True Size
   
• May 13, 2010 BP's Hayward Says Company Could Have Done More Disaster Preparation
   
• May 13, 2010 Less Toxic Dispersants Lose Out in BP Oil Spill Cleanup
   
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  May 13, 2010 BP oil spill: “Bush administration allowed safety precautions to be circumvented”
  While US senators grill BP over the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it has emerged that it was the US government itself - under George W. Bush - which allowed oil companies to leave out a safety device which would have prevented the explosion on 20 April.
   
• May 12, 2010 Faults in BP disaster probed by House
   
• May 12, 2010 VIDEO: Recapping Day 1 of the BP Oil Disaster Hearings
   
• May 12, 2010 BP has new option to use against leak
   
• May 11, 2010 Oil-Spill Agency Fetches $13 Billion Amid ‘Cozy’ Ties
   
• May 11, 2010 Hearing Prompts Blame-Game on Oil Spill
   
• May 11, 2010 Critics question BP's leading role in oil spill recovery
   
• May 11, 2010 Critics question BP's leading role in oil spill recovery
   
• May 10, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill: First Attempt With Oil Containment Box FAILS, Blobs Of Tar Reach Shore
   
• May 7, 2010 Giant box reaches mile-deep oil well in Gulf
   
• May 4, 2010 MOBILE, ALA.: Groups Partner To Fight Oil Spill On Ala. Coast
   
• May 4, 2010 Waterkeepers question use of dispersant chemicals at oil-spewing wellhead
   
• Apr 30, 2010 Mobile Baykeeper Says BP Spill Could Destroy Most Productive Fishery in the World
   
• Apr 30, 2010 Gulf Coast braces for an oily mess
   
• Apr 29, 2010 Locals in Mobile Bay area rally volunteers, supplies for oil spill response
   
• Apr 20, 2010 West/Rhode waterways earn failing grades
   
• Apr 8, 2010 The New York Times: Law Students' Role in Farm Pollution Suit Angers Md. Lawmakers, Sparks Nat'l Debate
   
• Apr 7, 2010 Fox News: West Virginia Leads Battle Against EPA Over Mountaintop Mining Regulations
   
• Apr 5, 2010 Baltimore Sun: Perdue needs to take responsibility
   
• Apr 1, 2010 Sign Up For Alerts
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• Mar 11, 2010 The Hill: Poverty and tyranny central to immoral practice of mountain destruction, water and air poisoning
   
• Feb 15, 2010 North Fulton.com: Cumming settles environmental lawsuit
   
• Feb 12, 2010 Florida Times-Union: Founder of the Altamaha Riverkeeper is retiring
   
• Feb 10, 2010 The Washington Post: Environmental group signals that it could sue Beltway HOT lane contractor
   
• Feb 9, 2010 WITN: River Advocates Allege Clean Water Act Violations
   
• Feb 3, 2010 Georgia Public Broadcasting: New Satilla Riverkeeper Begins Work
   
• Feb 2, 2010 Hamptons.com: NY Supreme Court Annuls Southampton Trustees' Approval Of Dockers Marina
   
• Jan 31, 2010 UPI.com: Storm Dumps Sewage into san Francisco Bay
   
• Jan 22, 2010 ABC News: Mountaintop Mining: Coal Baron Debates a Kennedy
   
• Jan 22, 2010 The New York Times: RFK Jr., Massey CEO Debate Mountaintop Mining Before W.Va. Audience
   
• Jan 22, 2010 The New York Times: Energy Debate Yields Little Middle Ground
   
• Jan 22, 2010 Grist: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes on mountaintop mining magnate Don Blankenship
   
• Jan 22, 2010 West Virginia Metro News: Blankenship vs. Kennedy
   
• Jan 22, 2010 Charleston Daily Mail: Debate crowd expresses feelings
   
• Jan 22, 2010 Guardian.co.uk: Kennedy takes on the coal baron in mountain duel
   
• Jan 8, 2010 The Huffington Post: JPMorgan Chase Profits from Destruction in Appalachia
   
• Dec 15, 2009 The Coloradoan: Save the Poudre gets $40,000 from New Belgium
   
• Dec 10, 2009 The Baltimore Sun: Water pollution abuses 'a reporting error'
   
• Dec 8, 2009 The Star Democrat: Breaking Online
Waterkeepers ask EPA to revoke Md. permit power
   
• Dec 6, 2009 ABC News: Battle Over Mountaintop Mining Slowly Gains Ground
   
• Dec 2, 2009 Variety:CBS to air 'Celebrity Skifest' special
   
• Nov 30, 2009 The Salt Lake Tribune: Celebrity races kick off Deer Valley's season Dec. 5-6
   
• Nov 20, 2009 The Inquititir: Invasive Asian carp may have breached barrier, reached Great Lakes
   
• Nov 12, 2009 USPR Wire: Alcoa Knew About Contamination it Caused in Badin Lake in 1997
   
• Oct 27, 2009 The Oakland Tribune: Millbrae disputes claims of sewage infractions
  The Oakland Tribune: Millbrae disputes claims of sewage infractions
   
• Oct 25, 2009 Palm Beach Post: COLUMN: Waters need their watchdog
  Palm Beach Post: COLUMN: Waters need their watchdog
   
• Oct 24, 2009 The Charleston Gazette: Breaking news: EPA to regulate coal plant air toxics
  The Charleston Gazette: Breaking news: EPA to regulate coal plant air toxics
   
• Oct 14, 2009 Whistle Blower Whose Tip to Yadkin Riverkeeper® Led to EPA Criminal Investigation, Speaks Publicly about Thomasville’s 15 million Gallon Sewage Spill
  Carolina Newswire: Whistle Blower Whose Tip to Yadkin Riverkeeper® Led to EPA Criminal Investigation, Speaks Publicly about Thomasville’s 15 million Gallon Sewage Spill
   
• Oct 14, 2009 AL.com: Mobile appears to win first battle against invasive species of snails
  AL.com:Mobile appears to win first battle against invasive species of snails
   
• Oct 13, 2009 WCNC: Riverkeeper: Coal ash ponds pollute drinking water
  WCNC: Riverkeeper: Coal ash ponds pollute drinking water
   
• Oct 10, 2009 Connecticut Post: Soundkeeper program keeps polluted stormwater from Sound
  Connecticut Post: Soundkeeper program keeps polluted stormwater from Sound
   
• Sep 30, 2009 Indy Bay: Historic Klamath Dam Removal
  Indy Bay: Historic Klamath Dam Removal Agreement Released Today
   
• Sep 28, 2009 The State
  The State: Congaree Riverkeeper Making Progress
   
• Sep 22, 2009 Robert F. Kennedy: Coal Cannot Be Clean
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Coal cannot be clean
   
• Sep 22, 2009 Independant
  Independant: Restoring oyster habitat to the Raritan Estuary
   
• Sep 16, 2009 Kennedy Urges Kentucky Clean-Up
  Kentucky Kernel: Kennedy Urges Kentucky Clean-Up
   
• Sep 9, 2009 Yadkin Riverkeeper Applauds Installation of Fish Consumption Advisory Signs at Badin Lake
  dBusiness News: Yadkin Riverkeeper Applauds Installation of Fish Consumption Advisory Signs at Badin Lake
   
• Sep 7, 2009 Boat Crew to Chronicle River Life
  The Advocate: Boat Crew to Chronicle River Life
   
• Sep 5, 2009 UW graduate sets sail on small boat to document health of Mississippi River
  The Record: UW graduate sets sail on small boat to document health of Mississippi River
   
• Sep 4, 2009 Law students assist conservation groups with their passion
  The Gonzaga Bulletin: Law students assist conservation groups with their passion
   
• Sep 2, 2009 In Many Ways, Focus is on Water Quality
  New Bern Sun Journal: In Many Ways, Focus is on Water Quality
   
• Aug 27, 2009 'The Dream Lives On' in Kennedy Family
  The Washington Times: 'The Dream Lives On' in Kennedy Family
   
• Aug 23, 2009 Watching the Wabash River
  The Bloomington Alternative: Watching the Wabash River
   
• Aug 22, 2009 NYC School Makes Harbor its Classrooom
  Associated Press: NYC School Makes Harbor its Classroom
   
• Aug 19, 2009 Algae Bloom Shows Efforts to Reduce Nutrient Pollution
  Gazette.net: Algae Bloom Shows Efforts to Reduce Nutrient Pollution
   
• Aug 3, 2009 Robert Swan's new book - Antarctica 2041
  Robert Swan's new book - Antarctica 2041 - is being released in October, 2009. A personal biography of Robert Swan’s journey and commitment to promoting renewable energy and combating climate change, the book provides the information people need to understand the world’s climate crisis,...
   
• Jul 17, 2009 Kent Pollution Cleanup Stalls
  The Baltimore Sun: Kent Pollution Cleanup Stalls
   
• Jul 3, 2009 A President Breaks Hearts in Appalachia   
  Mountaintop removal coal mining is the worst environmental tragedy in American history.
   
• Jul 1, 2009 Bill Clinton at SUNY Maritime
  The Bronx Times: Bill Clinton at SUNY Maritime
   
• Jun 30, 2009 Waterkeeper 10th Anniversary Conference and Gala Event with Bill Clinton and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  The Huffington Post: Waterkeeper 10th Anniversary Conference and Gala Event with Bill Clinton and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
   
• Jun 29, 2009 Clinton Talks Climate
  NTDTV: Clinton Talks Climate
   
• Jun 29, 2009 Changing Course
  E/The Environmental Magazine: President Clinton Addresses the Waterkeeper Alliance
   
• Jun 28, 2009 Daryl Hall Performs @ Waterkeeper Alliance 10th Anniversary
  Hall and Oates Forever: Daryl Hall Performs at Waterkeeper Alliance 10th Anniversary
   
• Jun 25, 2009 Bill Clinton Woos Waterkeepers
  The Epoch Times: Bill Clinton Woos Waterkeepers
   
• May 23, 2009 Erykah Badu among celebs contributing lotion art for charity
  The Dallas Morning News: Erykah Badu among celebs contributing lotion art for charity...
   
• May 22, 2009 Maryland vows to tighten runoff controls   
  The Baltimore Sun: Maryland vows to tighten runoff controls...
   
• Courier Post: Dredging battle heats up again