Currents | December 2019 - Intervening in efforts to dam the Little Colorado River, urging Florida to protect against harmful algal blooms, take action against toxic coal ash pollution, and more...
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** Stopping the Ludicrous Effort to Dam the Little Colorado
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[link removed] Alliance, alongside Colorado Riverkeeper and partners, has sought intervention and opposed preliminary permits for a series of new dams and reservoirs on the Little Colorado River—just a few thousand feet from the Grand Canyon.

These dams and reservoirs would change the timing and flows of the Little Colorado River just before it reaches the Colorado River, which carved the iconic red rock switchbacks of the Grand Canyon over millennia. The dams would lower the temperature of the Little Colorado River, eliminate its famed milky turquoise waters prized by rafters, and destroy the primary spawning grounds for the endangered humpback chub.

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Waterkeeper Alliance, Calusa Waterkeeper, and partners are urging Florida officials to set water-quality standards for the harmful toxins in algal blooms. The standards will help notify the public when blooms are dangerous and contribute to long-term planning to curtail the factors that contribute to the outbreaks.

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Following the release of the 2019 Insurance, Coal, and Climate Change Scorecard, which scores major global insurance companies on their climate policies, demonstrators visited Liberty Mutual offices in Boston and Seattle to demand that the top fossil fuel insurer take responsibility for its role driving the climate crisis.

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EPA is trying to weaken protections against toxic coal ash, which contains heavy metals and chemicals known to harm human health, including lead, mercury, and arsenic. File a comment today calling on EPA to abandon its rulemaking that would allow coal companies to save money by dumping more toxic pollutants in our waterways.

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** News from the Waterkeeper Movement
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Waterkeeper groups across
Latin America

"Latin American Waterkeepers Tackle Climate Change," by Rafaela Iturralde for Waterkeeper Alliance.

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Altamaha Riverkeeper
Georgia, United States

"After a Giant Ship Goes Belly Up, Many Fear a Shoreline Is Next," by Rick Rojas for The New York Times.

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Upper Green River Network, a Colorado Riverkeeper Affiliate
Wyoming, United States

"Prior Appropriation and Water in the West," by Rica Fulton with Upper Green River Network, a Colorado Riverkeeper Affiliate for Waterkeeper Alliance.

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Little River Waterkeeper
Alabama, United States

"Keep Little River Wild: Waterkeeper Alliance Supports a Wild and Scenic Designation for Alabama’s Little River," by Julia Widmann for Waterkeeper Alliance.

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Yarra Riverkeeper
Australia

"How one family is saving the world, one plastic water bottle at a time," by Carolyn Webb for The Age.

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Waterkeepers Bangladesh
Bangladesh

"Coal-fired power plants only to invite disasters: Activists," by United News of Bangladesh.

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