Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on Latin American, Caribbean Leaders to Ratify Treaty Protecting Environmental Defenders
In response to an increase in murders of environmental defenders in Latin America, Waterkeeper Alliance Executive Director Marc Yaggi sent a letter in September to the leaders of 12 nations asking them to sign and ratify the Escazú Agreement, the first environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Environmentalists Urge The Bahamas to Consider Fully their Revised EIA Regulations
Waterkeepers Bahamas, reEarth, BREEF, Save the Bays, and Waterkeeper Alliance sent an open letter to Prime Minister Minnis requesting that their proposed revisions to The Department of Environmental Planning and Protection’s Draft 2020 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations for Lighthouse Point be fully considered before the new Regulations are approved by Parliament.
Lawsuit Challenges NEPA Regulations that Shield CAFOs from Environmental Review
Waterkeeper Alliance, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, and partners, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, have sued the Council on Environmental Quality over new regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will shield federally-funded factory farms—known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)—and slaughterhouses from environmental review.
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