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Tell EPA to Do Its Job & Protect Our Water

Tell EPA to Do Its Job & Protect Our Water

TAKE ACTION Instead of protecting our environment and public health, the EPA is taking away our right to clean water ...
EPA’s Proposed New Rule Threatens Drinking Water

EPA’s Proposed New Rule Threatens Drinking Water

Waterkeepers Chesapeake’s statement on proposed rule stripping federal safeguards from tens of millions of acres of wetlands and countless streams ...
Protectors of the Water: Inside Tier III Water Quality Monitoring Across the Chesapeake Bay

Protectors of the Water: Inside Tier III Water Quality Monitoring Across the Chesapeake Bay

Every drop tells a story – of health, change, and the communities that depend on it. Across the Chesapeake Bay ...
Conowingo Dam Settlement — A Big Win for Clean Water on the Eastern Shore!

Conowingo Dam Settlement — A Big Win for Clean Water on the Eastern Shore!

Guest Blog: Sassafras Riverkeeper Zack Kelleher Sassafras Riverkeeper Zack Kelleher Earlier this month, Governor Moore announced a historic agreement between ...
Waterkeepers Chesapeake & Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Secure Historic 50-Year Conowingo Dam Agreement

Waterkeepers Chesapeake & Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Secure Historic 50-Year Conowingo Dam Agreement

Left to right: Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Ted Evgeniadis, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth, Attorney General Anthony Brown, Governor Wes Moore, Constellation President ...
Governor Moore Announces Historic Conowingo Dam Agreement to Promote Landmark Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts and Supercharge $3.2 Billion Bay Economy

Governor Moore Announces Historic Conowingo Dam Agreement to Promote Landmark Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts and Supercharge $3.2 Billion Bay Economy

Left to right: Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Ted Evgeniadis, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth, Attorney General Anthony Brown, Governor Wes Moore, Constellation President ...
MOM's 5% Watershed Cleanup Donation Day - September 17th

MOM’s 5% Watershed Cleanup Donation Day – September 17th

September 17th, MOM’s is donating 5% of sales to local groups like Waterkeepers Chesapeake dedicated to protecting and restoring local ...
Waterkeepers Condemn EPA’s Decision to Halt Rulemaking to Reduce Water Pollution From Slaughterhouses

Waterkeepers Condemn EPA’s Decision to Halt Rulemaking to Reduce Water Pollution From Slaughterhouses

This Action Will Leave Tens of Millions of Americans at Risk from Unsafe Drinking Water and Other Contamination Photo Credit: ...
Waterkeepers Find Widespread PFAS Contamination Near Wastewater Treatment Plants and Biosolids Sites

Waterkeepers Find Widespread PFAS Contamination Near Wastewater Treatment Plants and Biosolids Sites

Recapping Phase I & Why Phase 2 Matters In 2022, Waterkeeper Alliance and 113 local Waterkeepers, including 16 in the ...
Be a Scientist in Your Own Backyard: How You Can Help Keep Waterways Clean

Be a Scientist in Your Own Backyard: How You Can Help Keep Waterways Clean

What is Community Science?  Community Science is a way for everyday people just like you to help protect the environment ...

 

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