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  • Trump Administration Clean Water Rule Repeal Threatens Water Quality

    on June 28, 2017

    Pipeline Projects Will Face Fewer Obstacles Washington, DC (June 28, 2017) By starting the process of repealing the Clean Water Rule yesterday, the Trump Administration…


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    EPA Fails to Protect the Shenandoah River

    on May 30, 2017

    Local groups challenge EPA’s approval of Virginia’s decision to not list the Shenandoah as ‘impaired,’ despite excessive algae blooms and nutrient pollution [caption id=”attachment_3403″ align=”alignright”…


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  • Potomac Riverkeeper Network Partners with the National Park Service to Celebrate Area Rivers

    on May 19, 2017

    RiverPalooza’s Summer Paddle Events for Clean Water Kick Off June 3rd WASHINGTON, DC May 19, 2017…


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  • Potomac Riverkeeper Statement on Passage of Alexandria Sewage Bill

    on April 21, 2017

    Alexandria Required to Stop Dumping Sewage in Potomac River by 2025. “By signing into law a bill requiring the city…


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  • TransCanada Submits Application to Run Fracked Gas Pipeline Under Potomac

    on March 29, 2017

    Columbia Gas Transmission, a subsidiary of TransCanada, submitted an application to the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) to construct an 8-inch natural gas distribution…


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  • Waterkeepers Applaud Passage of a Statewide Ban on Fracking in Maryland

    on March 27, 2017

    Historic Bill Will Protect Our Clean Water Resources Annapolis, MD- Today the Maryland Senate passed a statewide fracking ban bill, HB 1325, by a vote…


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  • PRKN Applauds Governor McAuliffe’s Proposed Moratorium on Coal Ash Solid Waste Permits

    on March 24, 2017

    On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Governor McAuliffe announced that he is restoring the common sense measures to Virginia Senate Bill 1398 (SB 1398) that…


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    Press Release: 80% of Virginia Voters Polled Support Stronger Coal Ash Protections at Possum Point

    on February 7, 2017

    Prince William County Voters to Dominion Power: Recycle/Move to Safe, Lined Landfills Washington, D.C. (February 7, 2017) A recent poll conducted by the Cromer Group…


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  • Alexandria Sewage Discharges Threaten Public Health & the Potomac River

    on January 10, 2017

    City’s Own Water Samples Show Potomac Unsafe for Human Contact Washington, DC (January 10, 2017) Just before the holidays, Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) submitted


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    Statement on Dominion Decision to Run Water Lines to Homes Around Possum Point

    on December 9, 2016

    Statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Potomac Riverkeeper Network Today it came to our attention that Dominion Virginia Power is making some…


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For nearly 50 years, the Clean Water Act has been successfully protecting America's waterways -- why is the Trump Administration rolling it back?
Read what Nancy Stoner has to say about the impact of the proposed rule and why it's so important to fight it!
http://ow.ly/kMMG50y5OQB

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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
http://ow.ly/GuLa50y425i

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