-
Potomac Riverkeeper Network Partners With National Park Service to Celebrate Area Rivers
Paddle Potomac! Paddle Shenandoah! Features 12 Paddle Events over 11 Days, June 8th-19th WASHINGTON, DC May 20, 2016 – Potomac RIverkeeper Network, in partnership with…
Continue reading -
Environmental Groups Challenge Maryland Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Before D.C. Circuit Court
(Washington D.C.) – Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments from Earthjustice and others regarding the Federal Energy…
Continue reading -
Waterkeepers File Suit Against EPA for Weakening Protections of Rivers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Waterkeepers Chesapeake and seven Riverkeeper organizations in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia, have filed suit in U.S. District Court…
Continue reading -
Press Release: Town of Dumfries Calls for EPA Criminal Investigation into Dominion 27.5 Million Gallon Coal Ash Wastewater Dump Into Quantico Creek
DEQ Director Denied Contaminated Water from Ash Ponds…
Continue reading -
Statement from Potomac Riverkeeper Network and Southern Environmental Law Center on Settlements
Charlottesville, VA—The recent settlements of coal-ash wastewater appeals…
Continue reading -
Press Release: Pressure Mounting on DEQ to Protect Virginians From Dominion’s Coal Ash Pollution
Groups Appeal Permit to Pollute Potomac River with Contaminated Coal Ash Wastewater Charlottesville, VA—Today, on behalf of Potomac Riverkeeper Network, the Southern Environmental…
Continue reading -
Press Release: Dominion’s License to Pollute Potomac River with Contaminated Coal Ash Wastewater To Be Appealed
Charlottesville, VA—On behalf of Potomac Riverkeeper Network, the Southern Environmental Law Center notified Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that it will appeal in…
Continue reading -
Press Release: New Poll Shows Majority Of Prince William Residents Oppose Dominion’s Controversial Plan To Dump Wastewater From Its Toxic Coal Ash Ponds to Potomac River
Washington DC— A new poll conducted on behalf of Potomac Riverkeeper Network reveals significant public concern and opposition to Dominion Virginia’s plan to clean…
Continue reading -
Groups Urge Court to Reverse Approval of Cove Point LNG Export Facility
For immediate release – PDF of Press Statement November 23, 2015 Contact: Betsy Nicholas, betsy@waterkeeperschesapeake.org, 202-423-0504 Robin Broder, robin@waterkeeperschesapeake.org, 703-786-8172 Federal regulator approved construction…
Continue reading -
Press Release: Potomac Riverkeeper Calls on EPA to Investigate Dominion’s Handling of Coal Ash Waste at Possum Point Power Plant
Washington DC: June 26th, 2015—Potomac Riverkeeper Network…
Continue reading