Catawba College and Waterkeeper Alliance Partner on Advocacy Boot Camp
Recently, six Catawba College undergraduate students traveled to New Bern, NC to participate in an inaugural Clean Water Advocacy Boot Camp organized by Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network of community-based advocates who patrol and protect more than 2.5 million square miles of rivers, lakes, and coastal waterways in 47 countries. The pilot program was developed as part of our Pure Farms Pure Waters campaign, which calls attention to the destructive pollution practices of industrialized meat production, ensures compliance with environmental laws, and advances environmental justice for impacted communities.
Tell Secretary Buttigieg to Enhance Pipeline Safety!
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), by way of its Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), recently announced a proposed new rule that would dramatically improve the detection and remediation of methane and other leaks from pipelines.
Waterkeepers from Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Australia and the Caribbean traveled to the far north of Sweden, above the Arctic Circle for Waterkeeper Alliance’s International Regional Summit.
The Great Lakes Regional Summit drew 20 participants, representing four states and one Canadian province. Members of Waterkeeper Alliance were also in attendance. The summit featured six training sessions, two strategic planning sessions and one field tour.
For the last few decades, the organization has worked to educate the community on the importance of conservation. This urgent message of conservation has become necessary as the ecology of Lake Atitlán has experienced dramatic degradation that has impacted the entire lake ecosystem.
