Blogs

• May 14, 2012 Paddle With The Savannah Riverkeeper
  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.
   
• May 14, 2012 THE POTOMAC RIVER: #1 MOST ENDANGERED RIVER
  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.
   
• May 2, 2012 Administration slapped by court; Clean Water Act not written for coal
  Administration slapped by court; Clean Water Act not written for coal
   
• May 1, 2012 Expertise, communication sought in riverkeeper
  Plenty of people are interested in becoming the public face of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation.
   
• May 1, 2012 Groups Reach Settlement with McKeesport in Gas Drilling Wastewater Dumping Case
  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.
   
• Apr 24, 2012 De-Trash the Wabash draws about 100
  "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".
   
• Apr 24, 2012 Report: Green infrastructure saves money
  American Rivers’ series of new reports highlights the economic benefits of green infrastructure strategies to better manage polluted runoff.
   
• Apr 22, 2012 Blue Water Baltimore Gallery Hop!
  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.
   
• Apr 20, 2012 TAKE ACTION: Prevent the BP Oil Disaster from Happening Again
  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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  Apr 18, 2012 News From China: Volume 1
  Our Asia Regional Coordinator, Stephanie Von Stein, reports from her annual visit to China.
   
• Apr 17, 2012 CRBI hosting Earth Day weekend paddle on the Etowah Read more: RN-T.com - CRBI hosting Earth Day weekend paddle on the Etowah
  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.
   
• Apr 16, 2012 Santa Monica Baykeeper Stands Up for Clean Water
  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.
   
• Apr 16, 2012 New Providence will host 'fracking' presentation and discussion tonight
  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.
   
• Apr 14, 2012 Harbor pollution going public, real-time
  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.
   
• Apr 13, 2012 VIDEO: An Erie Algae Problem
  Lake Erie Waterkeeper, Sandy Bihn Discusses Algae Blooms
   
• Apr 12, 2012 Fraser Riverkeeper Mourns the Loss of Doug Chapman
  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.
   
• Apr 9, 2012 Letter: Focus on Carmans River water quality
  Each of the planning processes would allow public input in a manner more accessible to the public.
   
• Apr 9, 2012 Head to Paragon Sports for Advocate Weeks!
  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.
   
• Apr 9, 2012 Pamper yourself and support Spokane Riverkeeper
  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.
   
• Apr 5, 2012 Stand Up for Clean Water
  A Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Event to benefit Santa Monica Baykeeper
   
• Mar 25, 2012 Barton: Judge's ruling an insult
  An Atlanta administrative judge recently issued one of the most insulting rulings in the long, insulting history of environmental protection in Georgia.
   
• Mar 23, 2012 ‘Snake Oil’ Vs. ‘Environmental Nonsense’
  Drillers and environmentalists had few kind words for each other on Thursday.
   
• Mar 22, 2012 WORLD WATER DAY!!
  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’.
   
• Mar 22, 2012 World Water Day: Your Voice Matters (Maybe More Than Money) - Donate THAT
  Today, almost one in eight people on the planet won't be able to secure even a glass of safe water to drink.
   
• Mar 22, 2012 Today is World Water Day; more than 780 million people don't have access to clean water
  MSNBC Photo Journal
   
• Mar 22, 2012 What is Your Clean Water Story?
  By Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance.
   
• Mar 22, 2012 Waterkeeper Alliance is on YouTube
  Check out our YouTube Channel for all our World Water Day Videos!
   
• Mar 20, 2012 Teva World Water Day Challenge Calls For A Day Without Water
  Action outdoor brand raises awareness for clean water by challenging participants to stop using water in one area of their daily lives.
   
• Mar 16, 2012 Riverkeeper report: River logger eyes abandoned timber on Nottoway
  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.
   
• Mar 15, 2012 The Housatonic River Initiative Invites You to A community forum on PCBs and the Risks To Wildlife
  Thursday April 5th, 7-9:30 PM, Lenox Town Hall Lenox, MA
   
• Mar 13, 2012 Join Us for Oyster Hour!
  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
   
• Mar 1, 2012 Savannah Riverkeeper awareness voyage up the Savannah began Thursday
  Tonya Bonitatibus launched a 200-mile upstream voyage Thursday in hopes of bringing new attention to one of Georgia’s most famous waterways.
   
• Feb 25, 2012 Waterkeeper Alliance Presents Art for Water
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance, and Jeff Koons, Artist Chair, will host Art for Water, an auction benefiting Waterkeeper Alliance.
   
• Feb 21, 2012 Waterkeeper Organizations Expose The Crude-Truth in Gulf
  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.
   
• Feb 15, 2012 Sally Bethea named one of the ‘Heroes of the New South’
  Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Executive Director and Riverkeeper Sally Bethea was honored by Southern Living magazine as one of its “Heroes of the New South."
   
• Feb 10, 2012 What's a Waterkeeper?
  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...
   
• Feb 7, 2012 Art For Water is Official!
   
• Feb 3, 2012 The Perfect Time for a Waterkeeper
   
• Feb 2, 2012 Gulf Monitoring Consortium Report Released
  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...
   
• Feb 2, 2012 Waterkeeper Organizations File Suit to Plug Taylor Energy’s Gulf Oil Spill and Pry Open the Veil of Secrecy Surrounding 7 Years of Contamination
  Calls on Obama Administration to Require Stronger Safety Standards and More Transparency
   
• Jan 31, 2012 Waterkeeper Alliance’s Clean Water Act 40 Campaign
  Celebrating 40 Years of Clean Water and Healthy Communities
   
• Jan 27, 2012 The Race To Dig Deeper Ports For Bigger Cargo Ships
  In 2014, when expansion of the Panama Canal is complete, a new generation of superlarge cargo ships will begin calling on the East Coast.
   
• Jan 24, 2012 Court Finds New York State's Program to Stem Biggest Source of Water Pollution Too Lax
  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.
   
• Jan 17, 2012 Sustainable Alabama water policy needed now
  By Your Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper, Michael William Mullen.
   
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  Jan 12, 2012 Who is BP Trying to Fool?
  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.
   
• Jan 12, 2012 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. returns to Fairmont Banff Springs for Waterkeeper Alliance fundraiser
  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.
   
• Jan 10, 2012 $9 Billion Flaming Gorge Pipeline Would Further Drain the Colorado River System
  By Gary Wockner- Colorado Riverkeeper, Environmental writer and advocate
   
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  Jan 7, 2012 Art for Water Date and Location Announced!
  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.
   
• Jan 6, 2012 Polluters’ Anti-Regulation Lies Are Old Hat
  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.
   
• Jan 6, 2012 Hydrofracking: A Bad Bet for the Environment -- and the Economy
  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.
   
• Jan 4, 2012 Celeb ski event returns next week
  It was on hiatus in 2011, but this new year welcomes back the Celebrity Sports Invitational to Banff National Park.
   
• Jan 1, 2012 January in the Rockies
  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.
   
• Dec 21, 2011 Will the EPA’s mercury rule cause a wave of blackouts? No.
  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.
   
• Dec 16, 2011 After 20 Years Of Poisoned Babies, EPA Will Finally Close Coal Industry’s Toxic Mercury Loophole
  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...
   
• Dec 15, 2011 Participate in Day Without a Bag!
   
• Dec 15, 2011 Beautiful Gifts that Support Waterkeeper
  Need a Great Gift for Any Occasion? Bee Natural graciously donates 25% of every Honeypot® sold to Waterkeeper Alliance and participating members organizations nationwide.  If you need a gift during this holiday season, or really any time, give a Honeypot® and...
   
• Dec 7, 2011 Ban the Bag
  Environmental activists emphasize the benefits of reducing the use of plastic bags.
   
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  Dec 7, 2011 Stars were falling on Deer Valley slopes
   
• Dec 1, 2011 Grand Riverkeeper attends Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Session in Nairobi
  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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  Nov 30, 2011 Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest is Almost Here!
  A HUGE Waterkeeper thank you to all of the sponsors of this years event
   
• Nov 28, 2011 Fowl Play in The Chesapeake
  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...
   
• Nov 23, 2011 Lets Kill All The Law Students
  By Bennett L Gershman- Professor of Law at Pace University
   
• Nov 23, 2011 O'Malley sticks his nose where it doesn't belong
  MD Governor's attempt to bully the law school into dropping a controversial case involving poultry waste shows extremely poor judgment.
   
• Nov 22, 2011 The Toxicity of Surfing
  Surfers are on the front lines of the marine conservation battle.
   
• Nov 21, 2011 REPOST:California Takes Steps Toward Cleaner Waterways
  With the help of our friends in Sacramento, the state of California sees some victories for clean water this year.
   
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  Nov 21, 2011 THE BIG FIX & 7 Nights of Awareness
  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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  Nov 16, 2011 Latest Dirty Water Bill
   
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  Nov 14, 2011 No Keystone XL Pipeline…For now
  On Friday, President Obama pushed aside the decision about the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election.
   
• Nov 9, 2011 Is your river one of the most endangered?
  Take a look at American Rivers list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.
   
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  Nov 4, 2011 Kennedy Stresses Energy Independence and Economic Good Sense
  Even with a struggling economy, high unemployment and thousands protesting American greed, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is optimistic.
   
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  Nov 3, 2011 The Great Oyster Point Runoff
  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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  Nov 1, 2011 The Last Mountain a documentary on the destructive power of Big Coal is out on DVD and Netflix today!
  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.
   
• Oct 28, 2011 The Light at the End of the (Mercury-filled) Tunnel
  House Republicans have spent 2011 relentlessly trying to undermine the EPA and our environmental protection laws.
   
• Oct 26, 2011 Announcing the National EcoWatch Site
  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...
   
• Oct 25, 2011 Sen. Whitehouse’s Must-See Climate Speech: We Ignore the Laws of Nature at Our Very Grave Peril
  An extraordinary speech on climate change and the insanely dangerous behavior of the right wing, by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
   
• Oct 24, 2011 Hackensack Riverkeeper's Annual Awards Dinner and Sustainable Seafood Fest
  Hackensack Riverkeeper, the leading environmental organization working on Hackensack River issues, hosts its 12th annual Awards Celebration & Sustainable SeafoodFest on Thursday, October 27, 2011.
   
• Oct 24, 2011 Keystone Is Obama's Energy Test
  Keystone Is Obama's Energy Test
   
• Oct 20, 2011 Savannah Riverkeeper: Large Fish Kill in Brier Creek
  If you haven’t already heard, a major fish kill has been reported in Brier Creek in Burke County, GA.
   
• Oct 18, 2011 Congratulations on 39 years of Clean Water
  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...
   
• Oct 17, 2011 Clean Water: A Pillar of Democracy
  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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  Oct 13, 2011 Waterkeeper Makes a SPLASH in Hackensack River
  The SPLASH Event Series is presented nationally by Toyota in partnership with national founding sponsor, Keen.
   
• Oct 12, 2011 WE MUST CONTINUE TO HOLD OIL POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE
  The BP oil disaster wasn’t the first oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and it won’t be the last.
   
• Oct 4, 2011 State of the Gulf Report Released by Save Our Gulf Waterkeepers
  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...
   
• Sep 28, 2011 Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team releases its final report
  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...
   
• Sep 27, 2011 Buriganga Riverkeeper Patrol Boat
  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...
   
• Sep 26, 2011 Last Call at the Oasis
  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...
   
• Sep 23, 2011 Hackenack Riverkeeper presents: Hackensack River Paddle
  By Emily Feinberg- Waterkeeper Intern A 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...
   
• Sep 22, 2011 Bring us your trash, your recyclables, your reusable bags
  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...
   
• Sep 8, 2011 The Elixir of Life
  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...
   
• Sep 2, 2011 Sewage Pipe burst in Southern Florida
  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...
   
• Aug 30, 2011 Pearl River Fish Kill Update
  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...
   
• Aug 25, 2011 Everything Old is New Again
  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...
   
• Aug 24, 2011 LMRK Investigates Massive Fish Kill in Pearl River Basin
  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....
   
• Aug 9, 2011 Clean Water Matters
  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.
   
• Jul 21, 2011 Spills Happen
  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.
   
• Jul 8, 2011 An Assault on Clean Water and Democracy
  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.
   
• May 26, 2011 See The Last Mountain, A New Documentary About Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
  Mark your calendars and do not miss this new movie about the dangers posed by mountaintop removal (MTR).
   
• May 26, 2011 The Last Mountain: A New Film About Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
  Award-winning director Bill Haney chronicles the dangers of mountaintop removal in West Virginia. Featuring, Robert F Kennedy, Jr.
   
• May 16, 2011 Killing Pests While Poisoning Communities
  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.
   
• May 3, 2011 Water Is Life: It Is Everything
  Your Casco Baykeeper (Maine) shares thoughts about water and his inspiration for becoming a Waterkeeper.
   
• Apr 29, 2011 Insomnia Leads to Inspiration
  Humboldt Baykeeper Pete Nichols writes of learning about Nature Iraq and helping the organization launch Upper Tigris Waterkeeper.
   
• Apr 28, 2011 Alabama Storms Devastate Hurricane Creekkeeper's Home/Office. Please Help.
  John Wathen, your Hurricane Creekkeeper, needs help to rebuild.
   
• Apr 19, 2011 Waterkeeper in China
  Waterkeeper Alliance trip to China, April 2011.
   
• Apr 14, 2011 Requiem for the Gulf
  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.
   
• Apr 13, 2011 WKA Travels In China: Meeting The Warriors of Qiugang
  Asia Regional Coordinator Stephanie von Stein reports from Anhui Province on the state of a "cancer village" featured in an Oscar-nominated film.
   
• Apr 6, 2011 Donna Lisenby Speaks Of Her Love For Water
  Your Upper Watauga Riverkeeper (North Carolina) shares her views on clean water and what drove her to make it her life's work.
   
• Mar 23, 2011 Kentucky's Coal Cabinet
  There's a storm brewing in Kentucky among coal companies and state government.
   
• Mar 21, 2011 Snaps for Clean Water: Use Your Camera To Raise Awareness Of Urban Water Issues
  Waterkeeper Alliance launches public, online photo collection project for World Water Day 2011.
   
• Mar 18, 2011 Florida: Could Photo of Pigpen Get You 30 Years in the State Pen?
  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.
   
• Feb 28, 2011 Interview With Magdalena Baykeeper Julio Solis
  "To take care of our water signifies that we have more life." —Julio Solis, Magdalena Baykeeper (in translation).
   
• Feb 3, 2011 An Interview With Glenn Rink, Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance Board of Trustees
  Glenn shares his thoughts about clean water and supporting the grassroots through Waterkeeper Alliance.
   
• Feb 2, 2011 New Waterkeeper Alliance PSA Debuts
  Waterkeeper Alliance is featured in a new 30-second TV ad. Check it out!
   
• Nov 19, 2010 Waterkeeper Alliance Comments on U.S. Coal Ash Waste
  U.S. Waterkeepers comment on U.S. EPA's proposed coal ash residuals rule (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0640)
   
• Nov 17, 2010 Tell EPA that coal ash is hazardous waste!
  Coal ash is a dangerous mix of arsenic, lead, mercury and other poisons.
   
• Sep 17, 2010 Maryland Dept. of Agriculture Colludes with MD Farm Bureau
  Work together to keep public documents out of public eye.
   
• Aug 31, 2010 Waterkeepers Comment on Water Quality Rules in North Carolina
  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...
   
• Aug 25, 2010 Good Music, Great Cause: Jack Johnson and Save Our Gulf
  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...
   
• Aug 13, 2010 Speak Up About Coal Ash Now!   
  Register to testify at an upcoming EPA coal ash hearing, or write a letter explaining your concern.
   
• Aug 12, 2010 All At Once You Make The Difference!   
  Jack Johnson’s To The Sea Tour Supports Save Our Gulf.
   
• Aug 6, 2010 Working to grow the Waterkeeper family!   
  Dr. Fransisco "Paco" Ollervides calls for more Waterkeepers in Midwest.
   
• Jul 27, 2010 A Win for Fish! Court Ruling Paves Way for Cooling-water Intake Rules   
  U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals may lead to regulations that require improvements.
   
• Jul 15, 2010 Lake Erie is in trouble. Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Sandy Bihn knows how to fix it.   
  Watch The Erie Wire's interview with Sandy here.
   
• Jul 12, 2010 Oil Spill Update: New Cap to Contain Oil; Arctic Migrants At Risk; Tar Balls on eBay
   
• Jul 11, 2010 Mental health a growing concern after Gulf spill
  Fears are growing of an increase in stress-related illness and mental health problems from the BP spill.
   
• Jul 8, 2010 News From Your Emerald Coastkeeper
  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.
   
• Jul 7, 2010 Countdown to Failure? America's Energy Future
   
• Jul 7, 2010 Caught Restricting the Press and Public Again, BP Clarifies Policy on Access Limits
   
• Jul 1, 2010 Your Hurricane CreekkeeperAppears on Countdown W/ Keith Olberman
   
• Jun 30, 2010 BP's Smoking Gun and the Manipulation of Oil Prices
   
• Jun 30, 2010 Latest updates and pictures from the BP oil spill
   
• Jun 29, 2010 BP Burning Endangered Turtles?
   
• Jun 28, 2010 Video: The Gulf of Mexico Death Throes
   
• Jun 25, 2010 The Latest on the Oil Spill
  Senator Seeks to Halt Alaska Project; Judge Won’t Stay Lifting of Moratorium; Oil Reaches Mississippi Islands
   
• Jun 25, 2010 New face for BP disaster works Washington
  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.
   
• Jun 24, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Disaster: The Animals Most at Risk
   
• Jun 23, 2010 Opposing view on disaster in the Gulf: Send a message
   
• Jun 22, 2010 Lots of sharks, lots of oil seen off Bon Secour
   
• Jun 17, 2010 New Decade Defined by New Crisis
   
• Jun 17, 2010 Gulf oil spill: Congressional hearings begin with attack on BP
   
• Jun 17, 2010 Live Blogging BP’s Hayward on Capitol Hill
   
• Jun 17, 2010 Oil Leaves Bayou Communities in Distress
   
• Jun 14, 2010 Opening the Information Gusher on the Gulf Oil Tragedy
   
• Jun 4, 2010 ABC's Brian Ross: BP withheld images of disaster
  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.
   
• Jun 3, 2010 Human Victims of the BP Slick
  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...
   
• Jun 2, 2010 Teva Commits $100,000 To Raise Awareness And Assist In Gulf Clean-up
   
• Jun 1, 2010 BP Oil Disaster Shows Limits of President's Power
   
• Jun 1, 2010 What are we fighting for? A swim drink fish summer with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
   
• May 28, 2010 'Save the Gulf' Facebook page exceeds 50,000 fans
   
• May 28, 2010 Training classes set for Gulf oil spill volunteers
   
• May 25, 2010 BP Limited Distribution Map Exposed!
   
• May 25, 2010 Oil Soaks La. Shores, Gulf Officially a Fisheries Disaster, BP Keeps Using Dispersants
   
• May 25, 2010 The Federal Government Must Take Charge of the BP Oil Disaster
   
• May 25, 2010 New video: No oil off Alabama shores, but plenty of reminders of Gulf's beauty
   
• May 18, 2010 VIDEO: BP begin siphoning Gulf oil spill
  Energy giant BP has announced the successful tests on a system to siphon oil from the Gulf of Mexico.
   
• May 17, 2010 Artists needed for Baykeeper exhibit
  In June, the Mobile Arts Council will host an exhibition and silent auction of works in the Green Room to benefit Mobile Baykeeper.
   
• May 17, 2010 Businesses find way to help: Feeding Gulf oil spill volunteers
   
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  May 13, 2010 Blast Survivors Kept Isolated On Gulf For Hours
  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.
   
• May 11, 2010 Bayou Fisherman: Oil Execs
  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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  Apr 20, 2010 NOT IN OUR BACK YARD
  Casi Callaway, executive director of Mobile Baykeeper describes the dangers of coal ash.
   
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  Apr 16, 2010 Times & Transcript: Suzuki praises causeway move
   
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  Apr 15, 2010 Final Blog: Waterkeepers in China
  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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  Apr 13, 2010 Photo Blog: Waterkeepers in China   
  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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  Apr 12, 2010 Podcast: Can the US Afford to Get Rid of Coal? Can It Afford Not To?
  Listen to our Dir. of Global Advocacy on To the Point.
   
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  Feb 24, 2010 Coal, Lies and Video Tape   
  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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  Feb 17, 2010 Chase & MTR: It’s What Matters
  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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  Feb 16, 2010 Vote for Waterkeeper Alliance
  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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  Feb 10, 2010 Ohio Aims to Transfer NPDES to Dept. of Agriculture
  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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  Feb 5, 2010 The Forum on the Future of Energy
  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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  Feb 5, 2010 The Carnival of Destruction
  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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  Nov 5, 2009 Photo Blog: Poultry CAFOs
  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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  Oct 27, 2009 Gloria Reuben to Jamie Dimon: Stop Funding Coal
  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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  Oct 15, 2009 Climate Change and Coal
  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...