Waterkeepers Chesapeake

We are hitting pause on posting to @Twitter due to the intolerable and dangerous management decisions made by the new owner @elonmusk.

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 🧵 toxicfreefuture.org/press-room/rei…

“It was really a blatant violation of the law. And FERC got caught.” Jim Pew @Earthjustice

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 waterkeeperschesapeake.org/press-release-…

“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 insideclimatenews.org/news/02112022/… @insideclimate #cleanwateract

Congratulations to the Nansemond Tribe, and thank you to all the tribe members, partners and funders that helped to make this happen! ow.ly/mUFI50Ls3OO

Fall on the Shenandoah #cleanwater @ShenandoahRK

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: sforce.co/3DfASz2. . #indefenseofwater2022 #CWA50

And thanks to Alan Lehman for the photo!

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: sforce.co/3DfASz2 #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 => sforce.co/3DfASz2 #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. waterkeeperschesapeake.org/a-narrow-readi… #CWA50 #CleanWaterAct50 #SCOTUS #EPA #cleanwateract #protectourwaters

.@RevYearwood Thank you so much for making our last "Water is Life" open mic so special! Your words have inspired us to double down on protecting our water and our democracy! Thank you @HipHopCaucus & @busboysandpoets for being #CWA50 partners! #waterislife #cleanwateract50

TONIGHT! We're looking forward to seeing @RevYearwood and @HipHopCaucus at our "Water is Life" open mic at @busboysandpoets at 14th & V! TICKETS: eventbrite.com/e/poetry-night… #CWA50 @PotomacRiver @AnacostiaRrkper

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. bit.ly/3SfMIxp #act50