BREAKING: Late yesterday, @REI announced a timeline to ban PFAS in its textiles (and cookware)!
Together, we did it!!!
Read our joint press statement with @saferstates and this 🧵
https://t.co/0k1m3rmTOs
BREAKING NEWS! Court vacates flawed 50-year federal #ConowingoDam license. The court agreed with us that FERC exceeded its authority when it approved a license. Read our press release https://t.co/QmF33sNnGU
“Our water quality continues to get worse not because Marylanders haven’t invested in clean water, but because there are a few extreme violators out there. And the MDE is not doing anything to stop them.” - Betsy Nicholas https://t.co/CezfT8hmOo @insideclimate#cleanwateract
Congratulations to the Nansemond Tribe, and thank you to all the tribe members, partners and funders that helped to make this happen! https://t.co/uZlt9Ol0PF
Early voting starts today in Maryland! To protect and restore our waterways, participation in our democracy is critical. You can vote today through November 3, 2022 (including weekends) from 7 am to 8 pm at any of the early voting locations in your county. #VoteforCleanWater
Thanks to incredible participation by the public, the final permit includes more water quality protections than the original by limiting the wastewater discharge to 100,000 gallons, nearly 1/6 of the proposed amount, and reducing the size of the development to 400 buildings.
Happy Halloween from Potomac Riverkeeper Network! As Riverkeepers we're celebrating the only way we know how, getting out on the river! Check out this beautiful fall foliage photo (try saying that 10 times fast!) our SRK Program Manager, Alan snapped on the South Fork Shenandoah.
Let's Party for #cleanwater! November 16, 6:30-9pm, Woodend Sanctuary, Chevy Chase, MD. Food, drink, music, water rock stars! 👏 Tickets: https://t.co/OPUmiqOxGx. . #indefenseofwater2022#CWA50
Big thanks to everyone who contributed to make our annual Waterkeeper Alliance Regional Summit a success! And super big thanks to all our amazing #waterkeepers for their work! Bravo!
FLASH BACK to 2019! We were having a great party at Woodend Sanctuary. We'll be there again on Wed. Nov 16 for our In Defense of Water Awards & Reception! Early bird tix end after Sun, Oct 23. Buy tix today: https://t.co/OPUmiqP5w5 #InDefenseofWater2022#CWA50#cleanwateract
You're invited to In Defense of Water Awards & Reception on Nov. 16! Join us to honor Attorney General Brian Frosh and Baltimore Harbor Alice Volpitta for extraordinary #cleanwater advocacy! Early bird tix end Oct 23 => https://t.co/OPUmir68y5 #indefenseofwater2022#CWA50
The Supreme Court should not endanger clean water, our health & future by allowing mining corporations, developers, oil and gas industry, and other polluters to write their own rules. https://t.co/4mATFS60HC #CWA50#CleanWaterAct50#SCOTUS#EPA#cleanwateract#protectourwaters
You're invited to In Defense of Water Awards & Reception on Nov. 16! Join us to honor Attorney General Brian Frosh and Baltimore Harbor Alice Volpitta for extraordinary #cleanwater advocacy! Early bird tix end Oct 23 => https://t.co/OPUmir68y5 #indefenseofwater2022#CWA50
Thank you to @ydrcom for their reporting of this local news story that puts our own Kreutz Creek on the map as part of a national story that was reported yesterday. We are proud to work with @Waterkeeper to shed light on the #PFAS crisis. https://t.co/CblMOl1nyw #act50