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Grocery stores do it. So do restaurants. Schools, farmers, you and I. We all waste food. At the local, state and federal level, discarded food is widely recognized as a serious environmental and socioeconomic problem.
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The St. Johns River played a large role in Lisa Rinaman's decision to move to Jacksonville in 1997 and now it is her focus as the St. Johns Riverkeeper.
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Two Hearings in One Night
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In the last four months, pollution levels in China have climbed to levels never before recorded in the history of our planet. More than 1.2 million Chinese per year are dying early due to pollution while birth defects soar.
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As summer approaches hundreds will flock to the Congaree River. A recent study may make you think twice before entering the water.
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Riverkeeper has submitted comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of its comprehensive plan to remediate the Gowanus Canal Superfund site.
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Riverkeeper getting big donation
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Water is undeniably one of Charleston greatest natural resources and supplies most everything locals and visitors come to appreciate — food, entertainment, beauty, relaxation and more.
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These documents describe oil leak incident reports, email correspondence between the U.S. Coast Guard and Taylor Energy, and Taylor's efforts to obtain large dredging equipment to stop the leaks.
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In honor of the United Nations’ World Water Day, the World Water Monitoring Challenge (WWMC) has made announcement of the recipients of the fourth annual Water Champion awards.
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By Roberta Benefiel- Grand Riverkeeper Labrador
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Shepherd Bend Mining, LLC is proposing an expansive strip coal mine, substantially located on property belonging to the University of Alabama, and directly across from the Birmingham Water Works Board’s Mulberry Fork drinking water intake.
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BY JEFF TURNER-Blackwater/Nottoway Riverkeeper
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A federal lawsuit filed today by a clean water advocacy group claims the sewage treatment system for the state prison in western Jefferson County has been discharging more pollutants than allowed into the Black Warrior River system.
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The South River Federation’s Diana Muller uses data as a shield to protect Chesapeake Bay water quality. As the riverkeeper, her approach to monitoring the river has the potential to transform how others across the Chesapeake region study, assess, and make policy decisions about the quality of...
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Two South Carolina agencies that for years have been aware of arsenic leaks along a coastal river face time in court over what environmentalists say is a failure to clean up the toxic mess from Santee Cooper’s coal-burning power plant.
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When Jeff Kelble was working for a software training company, he would find himself playing hooky, forwarding calls to his cell phone –- in what he jokes was his real “office,” out on the river.
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Nobody’s responsibility? Buriganga river.
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On Jan. 19 in Geneva, Switzerland, the text for a global mercury treaty was agreed and finalized...
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Even though the 112th Congress was arguably the most anti-environmental Congress in the modern history of the United States, Waterkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance, and our partners achieved 100% success in killing all the bad coal bills that we selectively targeted for defeat.
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A public service announcement from Iraq Upper Tigris Waterkeeper
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As the US knows to its cost, coal-fired power is a major cause of mercury pollution. The world needs a treaty tough on emissions
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A Comprehensive Report from the Orlando Sentinel
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By DAVID CRANE and ROBERT F. KENNEDY Jr.
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Join the movement to protect the environment and our communities from the devastating impacts of coal mining, transport and export.
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Waterkeeper Alliance and our Waterkeepers in Idaho, Washington, China, Bangladesh and India call on the Army Corps of Engineers to fully consider all the cumulative impacts of the Gateway Pacific Terminal.
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Longtime Gulf Coast activists Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey Jr., locked their necks to oil tanker trucks destined for Valero’s Houston Refinery in solidarity with Tar Sands Blockade’s protests of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline.
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President and Waterkeeper of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Mark Mattson, presents to the Senate Committee about Bill C-45
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Andrew Juhl, a microbiologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, joined Riverkeeper the next morning to test the waters again. He and Riverkeeper captain John Lipscomb were curious to see what mark both storms had left.
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Leaders and activists on the Alabama coast were pleased that BP will pay billions in criminal penalties for the 2010 Gulf oil spill under an agreement announced Thursday, but they said civil payments would be the real key to resolving damages from the environmental disaster.
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In what has become an ongoing pattern, the Ogeechee Riverkeeper once again is having to marshal legal forces to get the state Environmental Protection Division to do its job when it comes to protecting the water quality of the Ogeechee River.
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Veolia Environmental Services and its subsidiaries will pay $15 million to customers as a result of a class action lawsuit settlement.
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Many of the East Coast's waste treatment plants failed during Superstorm Sandy, causing them to release thousands of gallons of raw sewage into the area's waterways.
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By Waccamaw Riverkeeper, Christine Ellis
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What it means to be a part of our International Waterkeeper Family!
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By Marc Yaggi
Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance
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For the last two years, Western North Carolina Alliance’s two Riverkeepers Hartwell Carson and Donna Lisenby have researched water pollution impacts from the Asheville coal-fired power plant...
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After allowing Georgia-Pacific to operate with no wastewater discharge permit for the past seven years, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel Vinyard announced that his agency will grant Georgia-Pacific a new permit to discharge an unlimited volume of industrial...
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In a decisive display of bipartisanship, Congress passed the U.S. Clean Water Act into law on October 18, 1972, overriding President Nixon's veto.
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Kathy Phillips is a real heroine. She’s standing up to Perdue, a company responsible for a large percentage of the pollution pouring into the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waterways.
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Two years later, it's still hard to believe the travesty of phony water monitoring that Kentucky let the coal industry get away with.
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Count on Coal Montana, a campaign that touts the benefits of coal development, hosted a Coal Appreciation Day Saturday at MetraPark in Billings.
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The Yarra River which is the major waterway running through Melbourne, Australia is the subject of a precedent setting case for river-care in the State of Victoria.
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New Lawsuit Charges EPA’s Chesapeake Bay TMDL Provisions Illegal Under the Clean Water Act
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When that water is shared between countries that have long histories of mistrust and war, the need for water resource management becomes a paramount national interest.
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Registration for the 2012 Virtual Canoe Race is now open. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network is taking participants.
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This year has been a celebration of all things water with the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act...
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It might be your last chance!
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Rather than dealing constructively with the economy or introducing bills that might create jobs, last week the House of Representatives introduced the worst anti-environment bill EVER in the history of Congress.
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Help us restore and preserve 14 acres on the Savannah River. Your help will ensure this land becomes a public haven for outdoor recreation.
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2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, an historic piece of legislation that turned the tide on our polluted waterways and began to hold big polluters accountable for their actions and impacts on the health of our communities.
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Join us on Saturday, September 15th for celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act at the Georgetown Waterfront Park!
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Green activists yesterday urged the prime minister of Bangladesh to take necessary steps to stop the setting up of demarcation pillars in an unfair manner along the four Dhaka rivers, and remove the encroachers.
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We are proud to announce the second annual Hackensack River Paddle, part of the Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Event Series presented nationally by Toyota in cooperation with KEEN to celebrate and support everyone's right to clean water and waterways.
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On May 1st, people from all over Australia gathered in Sydney for a day-long rally.
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Over the last year, Vermonters have come together to rebuild, to cope and to understand the devastation and loss of life caused by the state’s worst natural disaster in more than 80 years. Louis Porter, former journalist and current Lake Champlain Lakekeeper with the Conservation Law Foundation...
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By Erica Terrence, Klamath Riverkeeper
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Please take a few minutes to take action on this important issue. Join us in requesting that EPA and NC DENR grant an extension on the public comment period regarding ALCOA’s PCB contamination in the Yadkin River.
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Recently, Progress Energy announced that the company will soon shut down the Cape Fear coal-fired power plant in Moncure, N.C., near where the Deep and Haw rivers merge to form the Cape Fear.
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Aug 20, 2012
SCE&G to clean up ash at Lower Richland plant as part of settlement
SCE&G to clean up ash at Lower Richland plant as part of settlement
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On Saturday, August 11th at 11am, at Hann Beach, Senegal, near the landing of the old sugar factory "Capa", Hann Baykeeper is calling for a "rallying people and organizations to say ENOUGH! to Canal 6".
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Last Thursday, 24 Senators demonstrated their obedience to the coal industry by introducing a new bill that permanently blocks the EPA from regulating toxic coal ash.
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The good folks at Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper recently had me along for one of their fantastic kayak tours...
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It’s the crazy season again, not just the long days and visiting relatives, but we’re in the thick of salmon season
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On Thursday, July 26, Waterkeepers across the globe will plunge into the waters of their lakes, rivers, and ocean coasts to celebrate the act of swimming.
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Pat Calvert’s job is a large one. He tries to keep an eye on streams that drain nearly 90 percent of the James River Basin – nearly all of the river from Richmond to Covington.
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June patrol notes from your Blackwater/Nottoway Riverkeeper, Jeff Turner.
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Join KRK & Rivers for Change for a fun, day-long float down the Klamath followed by a rockin’ party & fundraiser with dinner, music, presentations, dancing & libations.
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Coal trains suffered three major derailments in three days on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2012.
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The thing about pollution—the thing, that is, that makes it so easy to deny or ignore—is that a lot of the time you can't see it, even when it's right in front of you. Patrolling Canal with Hudson Riverkeeper crew.
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Regional environmental advocate, and champion for clean water throughout the southeast, SweetWater Brewing Company officially signed on as Presenting Sponsor of the second Charleston Pub Crawl which will be held on Saturday, August 18, from 1 to 9 p.m
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Population growth, sprawl, and outdated water infrastructure are all contributing to the decline of the Great Bay estuary, pushing it towards a tipping point.
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...the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit — in a unanimous decision — handed the U.S. EPA a sweeping victory in upholding across the board four separate components of the agency’s rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Ottawa Riverkeeper charity has big plans for the capital’s waterways, and they’ve recruited some of the city’s biggest movers and shakers to help them accomplish their goals.
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Bill Satterfield, in his June 11 letter to the editor ("Urban waste, not chicken manure, is the bay's biggest threat") was right when he said "everyone has a role in protecting the Chesapeake Bay." What he forgot is that "everyone" includes both the agricultural and urban sectors.
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On Thursday, June 21st Waterkeepers from around the U.S. are urged work together to bring awareness to their communities, and to local and national decision makers, regarding the importance of fishable waters to the health and well being of their communities.
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"A healthy fishery is more than a pastime, childhood memory, or the makings of a meal, it is a major indicator of the health of our waterways, watersheds, and the economy". Read this Huffington Post article by our Executive Director, Marc Yaggi.
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Outside magazine has named Asheville as one of the Top 10 “Best River Towns in America.
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Will Asia’s desire for Powder River Basin Coal Impact North Idaho? A report from Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper.
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The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the health, protection and enjoyment of the Catawba River watershed, announced Sam Perkins has been named the director of technical programs.
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Debbie Mans, Executive Director of the N.Y/N.J. Baykeeper headquartered in Keyport, will report on the health of New Jersey and New York bays, especially Raritan Bay, at 6:30 p.m., Monday, June 25 at Brookdale Community College.
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Dozens of south county locals gathered to support the local organization and enjoy "life on the water".
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Black Warrior Riverkeeper will celebrate 10 years of water advocacy with the fundraising event “Cruisin’ on the River”...
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Unrelated riders on coal ash, NEPA, Keystone pipeline clog up jobs bill
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Saturday’s kayaking race was part of the Hackensack Riverkeeper’s fourth annual Reservoir Challenge
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THE OIL IS STILL IN THE GULF! and so are the people.
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The focus is on bringing attention to the river and raising money for the Riverkeeper.
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Like last year, advisories posted at boat ramps caution against fishing and swimming in the river in Effingham, Bulloch and Screven counties.
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Bird and fish population are increasing along the Niagara River and there are some other big developments along yet another Buffalo waterway.
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Last Saturday, more than 400 stand-up paddlers, kayakers and canoers descended on the Russian River on to celebrate the return of the river.
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Two Alabama waterways, including Mobile Bay, will be the beneficiaries of a new summer-long campaign announced this week by the folks at SweetWater Brewing Company.
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Peconic Baykeeper cites a ‘serious public health threat’ in shellfish
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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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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...
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This report was prepared by Central Park NC under award 04-8806648 from Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
