Waterkeeper Alliance, Puget Soundkeeper, and partners successful in their challenge of a Statewide Agricultural Permit
As record-setting heat threatened the sustainability of Washington’s water resources, a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals unanimously invalidated the Washington State Department of Ecology’s waste discharge permits for concentrated animal feeding operations, finding the permits violated state and federal law by failing to control the discharge of excess nutrients, bacteria, and other pollutants.
North America’s Largest Salamanders Are Threatened by River Pollution From New York to Missouri
Waterkeeper Alliance, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, and the Center for Biological Diversity challenged a decision made by the Trump administration to deny Endangered Species Act protection to eastern hellbenders.
With a Biden nominee on the way, climate activists want the White House to prioritize a shift off fossil fuels
Waterkeeper Alliance joined over 320 community, climate, and environmental groups from across the country in demanding President Biden nominate a commissioner to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) who will prioritize climate action by stopping the approval of fossil fuel projects.
Who Is Waterkeeper highlights the grassroots advocates of the Waterkeeper movement who fight for their watersheds and communities with unwavering commitment.
John Forrester has been the Werribee Riverkeeper in Australia since 2014. His love of the river, however, goes back much further than that. Forrester has been involved with the cause since he moved to the area around 40 years ago with his family. They would take part in cleanups, habitat restoration, even some bush walks. Eventually he decided to do even more.
Waterkeeper Alliance isn’t a movement that just identifies problems; we also solve them. And that’s what Waterkeeper groups around the world are doing in the face of climate change — growing oysters in Hawaii, preserving carbon sinks in Cambodia, restoring mangroves in Vietnam, stopping fossil fuel infrastructure projects in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and addressing water security in Southern California.
