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Want to have fun this upcoming Memorial Day weekend? Join us in celebrating the beginning of the summer with a paddle trip down the beautiful Savannah River.
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Our friends at American Rivers have put the Potomac at the top of America’s Most Endangered Rivers list. With this year being the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, it is a good time to review some of the many pollution problems our river faces.
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Administration slapped by court; Clean Water Act not written for coal
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Plenty of people are interested in becoming the public face of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation.
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Clean Water Action and Three Rivers Waterkeeper filed in federal district court today a settlement of their case against the Municipal Authority of the City of McKeesport.
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"It is amazing seeing the synergy of people who come back, as well as the new. The highlight of the day is seeing the kids de-trashing and learning".
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American Rivers’ series of new reports highlights the economic benefits of green infrastructure strategies to better manage polluted runoff.
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Join Blue Water Baltimore for a tour of three Federal Hill galleries on May 1st from 6pm to 8pm. Gallery visits include light refreshments, a gallery gift raffle drawing, and a short presentation by BWB staff.
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Sign this petition today and ask the directors of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to enforce strict regulations that make off-shore drilling safe.
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Our Asia Regional Coordinator, Stephanie Von Stein, reports from her annual visit to China.
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The Coosa River Basin Initiative (CRBI) will host a pair of canoe/kayak paddles on the Etowah River, giving participants a chance to explore a 17-mile section of the river in Bartow County to celebrate Earth Day weekend April 21-22.
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With Santa Monica Baykeeper’s inaugural Splash Event: Stand Up for Clean Water Paddleboard Race and Environmental Festival right around the corner on April 21st, LA Stormwater sat down with Liz to learn about the work Baykeeper is doing in its role as Waterkeeper and “watchdog” for Santa Monica Bay.
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The New Providence Memorial Library will host the second part of an informational series about how hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” affects the Delaware River, its tributaries and the people who depend on it for water tonight, April 16, at 7:30 p.m.
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Starting this month, the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, Tina Meyers, plans to post results online every other week from regular sampling cruises she's making to check conditions in the Inner Harbor and the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.
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Lake Erie Waterkeeper, Sandy Bihn Discusses Algae Blooms
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We are deeply saddened to announce Doug’s passing after a brief illness with lung cancer. He died peacefully at home with loved ones at his side.
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Each of the planning processes would allow public input in a manner more accessible to the public.
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Paragon Sports and Patagonia are supporting Hudson Riverkeeper again! Patagonia Footwear and 1% for the Planet have partnered to bring you Advocate Weeks, which raise awareness and funds for local conservation efforts.
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As part of Earth Month, Aveda salons and spas across the region are going out of their way to make their services available and affordable, and supportive of Spokane Riverkeeper and the work we do to clean up and protect the Spokane River.
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A Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Event to benefit Santa Monica Baykeeper
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An Atlanta administrative judge recently issued one of the most insulting rulings in the long, insulting history of environmental protection in Georgia.
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Drillers and environmentalists had few kind words for each other on Thursday.
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When a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure we cannot pretend the problem is ‘elsewhere’.
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Today, almost one in eight people on the planet won't be able to secure even a glass of safe water to drink.
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MSNBC Photo Journal
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By Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance.
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Check out our YouTube Channel for all our World Water Day Videos!
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Action outdoor brand raises awareness for clean water by challenging participants to stop using water in one area of their daily lives.
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The mission Tuesday was to meet with a fellow who wants to do river logging, as in retrieving old timber cut decades ago that now resides on the bottom of the river.
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Thursday April 5th, 7-9:30 PM, Lenox Town Hall Lenox, MA
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A Cocktail Reception and Lecture Benefiting NY/NJ Baykeeper.Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:30pm - 9:00pm 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., New York City
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Tonya Bonitatibus launched a 200-mile upstream voyage Thursday in hopes of bringing new attention to one of Georgia’s most famous waterways.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance, and Jeff Koons, Artist Chair, will host Art for Water, an auction benefiting Waterkeeper Alliance.
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For nearly 8 years, a well owned by Taylor Energy Co. LLC has continued to release crude oil. We believe as much as 1.25 million gallons has spilled from this site and it continues.
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Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Executive Director and Riverkeeper Sally Bethea was honored by Southern Living magazine as one of its “Heroes of the New South."
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The Coos Waterkeeper made its public debut late January with a splash, joining a host of environmental groups to appeal a state dredging permit for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay...
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The Gulf Monitoring Consortium, a partnership between Waterkeeper Alliance, SkyTruth, and SouthWings, has released its first report on oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. The report investigates several spills in the Gulf (including the Taylor Oil Spill) and highlights...
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Calls on Obama Administration to Require Stronger Safety Standards and More Transparency
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Celebrating 40 Years of Clean Water and Healthy Communities
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In 2014, when expansion of the Panama Canal is complete, a new generation of superlarge cargo ships will begin calling on the East Coast.
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A state court has ruled that New York State is failing to take legally required steps to clean up one of the biggest sources of pollution in its waterways -- stormwater runoff.
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By Your Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, Michael William Mullen.
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For about 20 months, the Gulf Coast has been experiencing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats as well as the fishing and tourism industries.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., president of the world’s fastest-growing environmental movement, returns to Banff, Alberta this month to raise funds for the global Waterkeeper Alliance.
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By Gary Wockner- Colorado Riverkeeper, Environmental writer and advocate
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This coming spring of 2012, Waterkeeper Alliance will mark the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act by hosting its first-ever art auction benefit--Art for Water.
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In mid-December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, including mercury, from coal-fired power plants.
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As New York considers new hydrofracking regulations that would allow companies to drill an estimated 48,000 gas wells across the rural countryside, many see the pitched battle over the state's fracking plan as a tug-of-war between the environment and the economy.
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It was on hiatus in 2011, but this new year welcomes back the Celebrity Sports Invitational to Banff National Park.
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From Jan. 12 to 15, the Fairmont Banff Springs will host its annual Sport Invitational, with Alec Baldwin and Robert F. Kennedy at the helm.
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Later this afternoon, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson is expected to roll out the agency’s new regulations on mercury and toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to approve a tough new rule on Friday to limit emissions of mercury, arsenic and other toxins from the country’s power plants...
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Environmental activists emphasize the benefits of reducing the use of plastic bags.
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Grand Riverkeeper, Earl Hatley, recently attended third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a globally legally binding instrument on Mercury.
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A HUGE Waterkeeper thank you to all of the sponsors of this years event
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Waterkeeper Alliance regrets Governor O’Malley’s recent attempts to use the Maryland State House as a bully pulpit to improperly influence an important case pending in Federal Court...
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By Bennett L Gershman- Professor of Law at Pace University
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MD Governor's attempt to bully the law school into dropping a controversial case involving poultry waste shows extremely poor judgment.
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Surfers are on the front lines of the marine conservation battle.
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With the help of our friends in Sacramento, the state of California sees some victories for clean water this year.
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A wide Coalition of Environmental Advocates will gather for "7 Nights of Awareness" to conclude each 6 PM screening of THE BIG FIX at AMC Village 7 in East Village, NYC, December 2nd-December 8th.
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On Friday, President Obama pushed aside the decision about the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election.
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Take a look at American Rivers list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.
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Even with a struggling economy, high unemployment and thousands protesting American greed, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is optimistic.
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On November 5, 2011, the Colonial Common (Colonial Lake and Moultrie Playground) will be transformed into the site of a day-long festival, honoring and celebrating Charleston’s right to clean, fishable, swimmable, and enjoyable waterways.
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On Amazon you can purchase it or if you can have Netflix send to you, either way do not miss seeing this powerful true film about the battle being fought over a mountain in valleys of Appalachia.
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House Republicans have spent 2011 relentlessly trying to undermine the EPA and our environmental protection laws.
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EcoWatch, in partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance, will host a public event along the Cuyahoga River to celebrate the launch of their nationwide news service website with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr...
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An extraordinary speech on climate change and the insanely dangerous behavior of the right wing, by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
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Hackensack Riverkeeper, the leading environmental organization working on Hackensack River issues, hosts its 12th annual Awards Celebration & Sustainable SeafoodFest on Thursday, October 27, 2011.
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Keystone Is Obama's Energy Test
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If you haven’t already heard, a major fish kill has been reported in Brier Creek in Burke County, GA.
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Congratulations on 39 years of Clean Water
By Emily Feinberg, Waterkeeper Intern When I’m 39, there are specific goals I hope to have
accomplished. I’d like to be happy, perhaps with a family, and be making enough
money to afford yoga classes and Whole Foods. From the moment...
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Devoted members of the first Waterkeeper in the Middle East, the Iraqi Upper Tigris Waterkeeper, have been working closely with the Iraq Ministry of Environment to update and improve their laws...
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The SPLASH Event Series is presented nationally by Toyota in partnership with national founding sponsor, Keen.
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The BP oil disaster wasn’t the first oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and it won’t be the last.
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The State of the Gulf is a status report of Gulf Coast recovery over a year after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and the discharge of 250 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The report outlines seven key findings including calling for long term environmental...
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By Emily Feinberg, Waterkeeper Intern On September 16th, 2011 the Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team released its final report on the explosion, loss of life, and oil spill disaster that occurred in April, 2010. Volume II of the report includes evidence that a number of federal...
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By Sharif Jamil- Buriganga Riverkeeper Eventually after many administrative formalities, the Patrol Boat of Buriganga Riverkeeper is going get the permission for anchoring and patrolling in the river Buriganga. In this process, Buriganga Riverkeeper along with other community...
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Last Call at the Oasis
By Emily Feinberg, Waterkeeper Intern Although it covers roughly 70% of
the earth’s surface, the possibility that, in the near future, there won’t be
enough water to sustain life on our planet is very real.
From the producers of “An...
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By Emily Feinberg- Waterkeeper Intern
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passion for adventure and the outdoors are values that can be shared, and the
feeling is contagious. When you’re on the water, you’re taken along for a ride
with the currents, and the feeling stays with you when you’re back on land,
reminding...
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By Emily Feinberg- Waterkeeper Intern The 4 th annual Trash Bash is almost upon us. On
September 24 th , join Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper and Blue Water
Baltimore at Nick’s Fish House from 12-5 pm. While gazing upon the Middle
Branch of the Patapsco River we’ve worked so hard to keep...
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By Emily Feinberg, Waterkeeper Intern Brian Fagan's new book, "Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind," takes us through 5,000 years of water's history, reminding us that humanity would have never developed had we not made access to water an essential part of our lives. "Of all the...
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By Jamie Rodgers- Emerald Coastkeeper Earlier this month on Monday August 15th off of Greenbriar Blvd. a 12" Force Main pipe leading to the Central Water Reclamation Facility of ECUA busted, expelling 1.4 million gallons of untreated sewage into the wetlands by Thompson Bayou just...
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By Justin Bloom, Eastern Regional Director Last week we highlighted Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper’s response to a massive fish kill in Louisiana's Pearl River watershed, linking it to an upstream paper mill and also to the importance of the Clean Water Act. This week Paul...
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By Justin Bloom, Eastern Regional Director Everything Old is New Again. The words of our friends at SkyTruth ring clear through the confusion in the Gulf. Recent reports of new oil slicks raise valid fears of whether or not the Deepwater Horizon site continues to leak oil...
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By Justin Bloom, Eastern Regional Director While Congress is busy gutting our clean water protections and our Gulf of Mexico communities are still reeling from the devastation of BP Oil Spill, we need to keep in mind that our waterways are under constant assault from polluters....
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Waterkeeper Alliance Executive Director Marc Yaggi's indictment of politicians who seek to deregulate and remove funding from the Clean Water Act on the eve of its 40th anniversary.
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Waterkeeper Alliance Executive Director Marc Yaggi wrote this editorial for Huffington Post on the apathy the oil companies want you to feel whenever you hear about another oil spill.
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Our founder and President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses a vital new piece of legislation that aims to cripple the power of the Clean Water Act.
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Mark your calendars and do not miss this new movie about the dangers posed by mountaintop removal (MTR).
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Award-winning director Bill Haney chronicles the dangers of mountaintop removal in West Virginia. Featuring, Robert F Kennedy, Jr.
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Waterkeeper Alliance's Director of Advocacy, Scott Edwards, discusses a push in the U.S. House of Representatives to allow spraying of pesticides into waterways.
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Your Casco Baykeeper (Maine) shares thoughts about water and his inspiration for becoming a Waterkeeper.
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Humboldt Baykeeper Pete Nichols writes of learning about Nature Iraq and helping the organization launch Upper Tigris Waterkeeper.
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John Wathen, your Hurricane Creekkeeper, needs help to rebuild.
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Waterkeeper Alliance trip to China, April 2011.
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WKA Advocacy Director Scott Edwards discusses the ongoing tragedy of the BP oil disaster and measures needed to protect the Gulf Coast from Big Oil.
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Asia Regional Coordinator Stephanie von Stein reports from Anhui Province on the state of a "cancer village" featured in an Oscar-nominated film.
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Your Upper Watauga Riverkeeper (North Carolina) shares her views on clean water and what drove her to make it her life's work.
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There's a storm brewing in Kentucky among coal companies and state government.
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Waterkeeper Alliance launches public, online photo collection project for World Water Day 2011.
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You've all heard that a picture's worth a thousand words. Turns out, if a Republican state senator in Florida gets his way, a picture of a farm might also be worth 30 years.
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"To take care of our water signifies that we have more life." —Julio Solis, Magdalena Baykeeper (in translation).
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Glenn shares his thoughts about clean water and supporting the grassroots through Waterkeeper Alliance.
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Waterkeeper Alliance is featured in a new 30-second TV ad. Check it out!
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U.S. Waterkeepers comment on U.S. EPA's proposed coal ash residuals rule (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0640)
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Coal ash is a dangerous mix of arsenic, lead, mercury and other poisons.
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Work together to keep public documents out of public eye.
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In August, a group of Waterkeepers from North Carolina and Waterkeeper Alliance submitted their second set of comments on the increasingly divisive issue of surface water and ground water monitoring rules for animal feeding operations (AFOs) proposed in North Carolina. The Waterkeepers...
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Help Save the Gulf of Mexico and listen to some great music this summer! Musician Jack Johnson is supporting our Gulf Waterkeepers and the Save Our Gulf campaign on the second leg of his To The Sea Tour this summer and fall. Johnson donated $5K to Save Our Gulf and will match...
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Register to testify at an upcoming EPA coal ash hearing, or write a letter explaining your concern.
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Jack Johnson’s To The Sea Tour Supports Save Our Gulf.
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Dr. Fransisco "Paco" Ollervides calls for more Waterkeepers in Midwest.
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U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals may lead to regulations that require improvements.
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Watch The Erie Wire's interview with Sandy here.
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Fears are growing of an increase in stress-related illness and mental health problems from the BP spill.
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Here you will find the latest map from Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, an online petition calling for the end of dispersants, and other important Gulf resources.
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Senator Seeks to Halt Alaska Project; Judge Won’t Stay Lifting of Moratorium; Oil Reaches Mississippi Islands
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BP’s new public face, Bob Dudley, was in Washington on Thursday to meet with Obama administration officials to reassure them of the company’s "long-term commitment" to cleaning up and restoring the Gulf Coast.
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If you are not angry enough about BP and the Obama administration's handling of the oil disaster in the Gulf, take a look at this report by ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross.
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Tens of millions of gallons of crude oil, billions of dollars in company money and a criminal investigation into the disaster - but what does the BP oil spill mean for the people living on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico? One of our Observers went to visit the people of Barataria...
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Energy giant BP has announced the successful tests on a system to siphon oil from the Gulf of Mexico.
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In June, the Mobile Arts Council will host an exhibition and silent auction of works in the Green Room to benefit Mobile Baykeeper.
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In the aftermath of last month's explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, all the survivors wanted to do was get to dry land and call their loved ones. Yet for more than 24 hours, they were told to stay on ships on the water.
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Fisherman Mike Roberts is angry. “Osama bin Laden couldn’t have done a better job of destroying a part of the American economy". By Jon Bowermaster.
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Casi Callaway, executive director of Mobile Baykeeper describes the dangers of coal ash.
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After Beijing we flew to Xiangfan, in the middle of China, and spent two days trying to keep up with the amazing 70 year old force of nature otherwise known as the Middle Han Waterkeeper, Yun Jianli. She can call the radio and announce a river cleanup one day and 1000 people will show up...
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Waterkeeper Field Coordinator, Stephanie, and the Cook Inletkeeper Bob Shavelson, went to China last week to meet with the Middle Han Waterkeeper.
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Listen to our Dir. of Global Advocacy on To the Point.
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Win $5,000! Feb. 24, 2010 is the first anniversary of The Dirty Lie and we're celebrating with a video contest. The Dirty Lie presents: Coal, Lies and Video Tape! Click here to find out more!
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Join the social media day of action on Thursday February 18, 2010 to tell Chase to invest their money in safe, renewable energy not dirty, deadly coal.
Watch how big banks turn your deposits and purchases into dirty investments.
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Waterkeeper Alliance is vying for one of three spots on the Cause World phone app and you get to decide! Please go to blog.causeworld.com and vote!
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The state of Ohio has embarked on a course to neutralize its obligations under the Clean Water Act program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) by requesting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency transfer its permitting authority from the Ohio EPA (OEPA) to the state’s...
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Check out all the post debate action-watch the full debate, view a slide show, and read all the press about the Forum on the Future of Energy.
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More
than a hundred supporters showed up outside JPMorgan Chase to tell the
bank’s CEO Jamie Dimon that he is destroying our country and people’s
lives by funding mountaintop removal coal mining. The ringmaster, contortionist, hula hoopers and marching band set the carnival tone,while...
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From
left to right: Choptank Riverkeeper, Drew Koslow, Assateague
Coastkeeper, Kathy Phillips, and Waterkeeper Emeritus, Rick Dove Dove and Waterkeeper Alliance Staff Attorney, Liane Curtis, flew over the Chesepeake Bay in pursuit of chicken manure. Dove, Curtis, and Lighthawk...
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Waterkeeper Alli ance
Board of Trustees Vice Chair Gloria Reuben sent a letter to JP Morgan
Chase CEO Jamie Dimon urging him to stop bankrolling the coal industry,
especially mountaintop-removal mining. Check out the letter below and
blogs heartfelt blogs on her website and in The...
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Coal mining is notorious for trapping miners and causing black lung,
but that isn’t why Jim Hansen, the head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for
Space Studies, calls coal-fired power plants “death factories” and
urges world leaders to close them. Climate change
threatens the world’s water...
