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  • PFAS — What Is It and How You Can Help?

    on July 18, 2019

    Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals…


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  • Help Us Preserve the Appalachian Trail and Shenandoah!

    on June 12, 2019

    Don’t let Dominion do an end run around the courts and federal agencies – we need…


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  • Help us stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from being built across the Appalachian Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway!

    on May 20, 2019

    Help us stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from being built across the Appalachian Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway! …


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  • Comments to 2018 Virginia Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report

    on April 10, 2019

    We are continuing our fight to force the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to fulfill its duty to identify the North Fork, South…


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  • Ruling on Impaired Status of the Shenandoah River

    on April 1, 2019

    The following is the ruling on the impaired status of the Shenandoah River.   55_Judge_Memo Opinion_03-31-2019


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  • Sea Dog Recap!

    on March 20, 2019

    Our Sea Dog water monitoring boat launch was a fabulous event!  Read…


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  • The Story Behind our Success at Cleaning Up Possum Point Coal Ash

    on March 20, 2019

    Possum Point is a sleepy rural mid income community of families and retired military folks who live a simple life along Quantico Creek and…


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    EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standard Testimony

    on March 18, 2019

    Today I testified before the EPA about their proposed rulemaking which would weaken the Mercury an Air Toxics…


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  • Potomac Riverkeeper Network and Shenandoah Riverkeeper Comments on DEQ Draft Water Quality Assessment Guidance Manual

    on March 15, 2019

    Read the comments on behalf of Potomac Riverkeeper Network and Shenandoah Riverkeeper (“Commenters”) regarding the above-referenced Guidance Manual. Commenters appreciate the opportunity to provide our…


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  • Shenandoah Riverkeeper Comments for the Warren Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2391), Luray and Newport Project (FERC No. 2425), and Shenandoah Project (FERC No. 2509), FERC Docket No. P-2391

    on March 4, 2019

    Read the comments on behalf of Shenandoah Riverkeeper (“SRK”) for the relicensing of Warren (FERC No. 2391), Luray and Newport (FERC No. 2425), and…


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24 Jan

The Trump Administration signed the largest rollback of the #CWA since the modern law was passed in 1972. Help us fight this rule so that half of the country's wetlands don't lose protection! #WOTUS
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23 Jan

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