Press Statements

Press requests can be sent to Robin Broder, Acting Executive Director, robin(at)waterkeeperschesapeake.org.

Waterkeepers Chesapeake Joins Coalition Takes Action Against EPA for Failing to Implement Clean Water Act

Waterkeepers Chesapeake Joins Coalition Takes Action Against EPA for Failing to Implement Clean Water Act

Environmental Integrity Project and Allies Send Notice of Intent to Sue EPA; Letter of Complaint to Administrator Signed by More ...
Waterkeepers Chesapeake Applauds EPA’s New Rules to Safeguard Water from Toxic Coal Pollution

Waterkeepers Chesapeake Applauds EPA’s New Rules to Safeguard Water from Toxic Coal Pollution

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized an historic suite of standards to address pollution from fossil-fueled power plants ...
EPA Takes Historic Step on First-Ever Limits on Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water

EPA Takes Historic Step on First-Ever Limits on Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water

More Action Needed to Stop PFAS at Its Source and Address Existing Contamination The EPA on Wednesday, April 10 set ...
Major Bill Restoring Justice Passes the Maryland General Assembly

Major Bill Restoring Justice Passes the Maryland General Assembly

Nationally precedent-setting Clean Water Justice Act awaits Governor Moore’s signature (Silver Spring, MD) In a move to restore justice after ...
Community, Environmental, and Animal Welfare Organizations Press EPA to Strengthen Water Pollution Control Standards for Slaughterhouses and Animal Rendering Facilities

Community, Environmental, and Animal Welfare Organizations Press EPA to Strengthen Water Pollution Control Standards for Slaughterhouses and Animal Rendering Facilities

Stronger standards would prevent hundreds of millions of pounds of pollution from reaching rivers and streams, helping to protect more ...
Statement on Tragic Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

Statement on Tragic Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

Our hearts are with the people on the Francis Scott Key Bridge during its catastrophic collapse on Tuesday, March 26 ...
EPA Proposes to Exempt Most Slaughterhouses from Updated Water Pollution Control Rules

EPA Proposes to Exempt Most Slaughterhouses from Updated Water Pollution Control Rules

Environmental Groups Urge EPA to Require Meat Processing Plants to Comply with Modern Technology Standards for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution ...
EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce Pollution from Slaughterhouses and Rendering Facilities

EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce Pollution from Slaughterhouses and Rendering Facilities

In response to lawsuits, EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
Waterkeepers Chesapeake to Honor Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Ted Evgeniadis and Patuxent River Advocate Richard Dolesh

Waterkeepers Chesapeake to Honor Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Ted Evgeniadis and Patuxent River Advocate Richard Dolesh

EPA Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz to speak at annual awards event on September 28 (Silver Spring, MD) Waterkeepers Chesapeake ...
Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back on Track for Endangered Species Protection

Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back on Track for Endangered Species Protection

In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and ...
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