Currents | We Fight for Clean Water.
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November 2022
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Unprecedented Analysis Reveals Shocking PFAS Contamination in U.S. Waterways

Waterkeeper Alliance released a groundbreaking new analysis of American waterways that demonstrates a PFAS pollution emergency, with 83% of sampled waters contaminated by dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. This is likely the most extensive survey of PFAS presence in surface waters that has ever been conducted in the U.S., and the results reveal the widespread proliferation of these toxic chemicals.

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Op-Ed: We Must Shut Down Factory Farms to Protect Clean Water and Environmental Justice

Waterkeeper Alliance President Gloria Reuben penned an op-ed for Truthout.org arguing that the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) employed by monopolizing corporations must be brought under control.

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Waterkeeper Alliance and Other Groups Petition EPA to Improve Oversight of CAFOs

A nationwide coalition of 51 groups, in partnership with Earthjustice, petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve its oversight of water pollution from industrial-scale CAFOs.

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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA Strengthening of Proposed Methane Standards

In response to EPA's announcement that it intends to strengthen its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution, Waterkeeper Alliance reiterated the importance of controlling methane emissions and urged swift action.

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Biden Administration Flouts Climate Goals with Inflation Reduction Act’s Lease Sales

A coalition of groups, including Waterkeeper Alliance, submitted formal comments to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management arguing that oil and gas lease sales under the Inflation Reduction Act are at odds with stated climate goals.

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La Paz Waterkeeper Creates Standardized Model for Seawater Quality Monitoring

The lack of public and beachgoer awareness about seawater pollution and its impacts on human health and the environment is major issue across the globe. La Paz Waterkeeper has taken steps to address this by overhauling data standardization.

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Beauty Without Comparison: Protecting Lake George’s Pristine Waters

Like so many beloved areas of natural beauty throughout the world, Lake George runs the risk of being loved to death. Tourists and property owners come with development and infrastructure that invariably put a lot of pressure on the basin. Lake George Waterkeeper has been protecting the lake from such threats for the last 20 years.

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** Who is Waterkeeper?
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Ted Evgeniadis did not grow up around the Susquehanna, but after moving to Pennsylvania he fell in love with the river. Ted has been the Riverkeeper since 2017, taking on coal ash ponds, combined sewage overflows, and the emerging blight of PFAS contamination.

“In Pennsylvania, we all have a right to clean water. It’s an amendment in our state constitution, and when our rights are being stripped away from us, I have a problem with that."

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