Governor Whitmer must take immediate action to protect Michigan’s people, wildlife, and waters from yet another major infrastructure failure. This week, Enbridge Energy disclosed that Line 5, their 67-year-old oil … Read more
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New Bill Helps to Provide Water Access During Pandemic
The National Wildlife Federation is a long-standing and active partner in the fight for clean water. From protecting vulnerable species from polluted waters to ensuring anglers are able to pass … Read more
The Fight to Protect Clean Water: Stopping Water Shutoffs
The National Wildlife Federation is a long-standing and active partner in the fight for clean water. From protecting vulnerable species from polluted waters to ensuring anglers are able to pass … Read more
New Clean Water Funding for Delaware
Delaware is uniquely poised to act as a sink for the Delaware River Watershed, a source for water in the Chesapeake Bay, and the Inland Bays Watershed. The main stem … Read more
The Clean Water Act Under Siege
Before the Clean Water Act, our nation’s waters were in trouble. The average loss of wetlands in the United States was nearly half a million acres annually. Lake Erie was … Read more
Five Ways To Tackle The Gulf Of Mexico’s Dead Zone
This year, the Mississippi River flooded for more than 6 months, unprecedented in both length of time and volume of water. Researchers recently announced that this year the excess fertilizer … Read more
Mussel Fatigue: Pollution Imperils the Ohio River’s Declining Mussels
The Ohio River’s freshwater mussels–and their natural water purifying abilities–could be jeopardized if pollution safeguards are weakened at any point along the mighty 8-state long waterway. The Ohio River Valley … Read more
San Diego Students Making Waves: Join the #OceanChallenge
In August 2018, Cloe Moreno and Eliana Meza-Ehlert, students at High Tech High, an Eco-School in San Diego, CA, participated in the Student Conservation Leadership Summit at the University of … Read more
Clean Water Champions: the Women of the Flint Water Crisis
If I can inspire a future generation of strong women who are ethical and who are stubborn…that would be worth it. – Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha, American-Iraqi pediatrician who exposed the … Read more
Got (Clean) Water?
“ I gave my heart to the mountains the minute I stood beside this river with its spray in my face and watched it thunder into foam, smooth to green … Read more
