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Trump Administration Clean Water Rule Repeal Threatens Water Quality
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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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