Currents | September 2019 - Support Waterkeepers in The Bahamas, take action against coal ash contamination, North Carolina's unregulated poultry industry grows, and more...
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Hurricane Dorian Response


Waterkeepers are on the frontlines of natural and manmade disasters, working to assess environmental impacts and assist community members in a time of need. Our Waterkeepers in The Bahamas are safe and are ready to deploy to the scene to evaluate environmental impacts, assist citizens, and inform the public. 

Please support our Waterkeepers in The Bahamas as they rebuild by visiting our donation page and selecting “Hurricane Dorian – Bahamas” from the gift designation dropdown.

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The Trump administration’s weakening of public protections from coal pollution is not saving the dying coal industry. Yet EPA continues to push regulatory rollbacks that will endanger public and environmental health—largely for the benefit of short-term profits for the coal industry. File your comment today opposing EPA’s latest coal ash rollback. 

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North Carolina’s unregulated poultry industry added enough barns in the year since Hurricane Florence to house at least 18.165 million more birds at a time in four watersheds alone, according to data from North Carolina Waterkeeper groups. 

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Karl Coplan, outside counsel for Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance, discusses 20 years of Waterkeeper Alliance: How the Waterkeeper Movement Shaped and Was Shaped by U.S. Environmental Law. 

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News from the Waterkeeper Movement


Grand Riverkeeper
Oklahoma, United States


"Oklahoma Floods: A Reminder of How the State Abdicated its Duty to Protect Us," by Earl Hatley, Grand Riverkeeper at Local Environmental Action Demanded on Waterkeeper Alliance.

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Bocas  De Ceniza Waterkeeper
Atlántico, Colombia


"Public Participation in the Defense of Clean Water," by Fundacion Guardaguas de Ecosistemas Marinos y Costeros Bocas de Ceniza on Global Giving. 

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Twin Harbors Waterkeeper
Wahington, United States


"Coho, lamprey, sculpin, crayfish: tiny homegoings on Bush Creek," by Twin Harbors Waterkeeper Lee First on Waterkeeper Alliance.

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Suwannee Riverkeeper
Georgia, United States


"Suwannee Riverkeeper Fights to Protect Okefenokee Swamp from Titanium Strip Mine," by Waterkeeper Alliance Organizer Julia Widmann on Waterkeeper Alliance.

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Waterkeeper Cleanup Month



River Cleanups: “Gateway Drug to Stewardship”

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Cleanup Month: Uncommon Finds

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