Waterkeeper Alliance sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging the Trump administration’s recent rollback of the Clean Water Act effluent limitations guidelines and standards for steam electric power plants—which are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the United States.
Americans knew what was at stake this election for their environment—and from shore to shore, we spoke up. Under the Trump administration, we’ve fought in court and on the ground to stop the illegal rollbacks of national environmental protections and to restore our nation’s waters. As President-elect Joe Biden stands poised to assume power, we have an opportunity that we must seize.
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The Last Chance for Lighthouse Point Campaign asked the Bahamian Minister of the Environment and Housing and Dr. Penning, Vice President of Animals Science and Environment for the Walt Disney Company, for clarity on the status of Disney Cruise Line’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its proposed private cruise ship port at Lighthouse Point. We outlined a proposed timeline for a meaningful EIA process, which would include virtual meetings with technical experts and the public.
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United States: ‘If we continue to place our own individuality at the centre of our existence we will collapse on ourselves’
Marc Yaggi in The Hill: Protecting the Clean Water Act is More Important than Ever
In honor of the 48th anniversary of this monumental legislation being passed, Waterkeeper Alliance Executive Director Marc Yaggi penned an op-ed in The Hill highlighting the importance of The Clean Water Act in protecting not only the health of our waterways, but also the health of humankind.
