Category: Press Releases

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A kayaker loaded with trash bags after cleaning up in Salmon Bay.

Press Releases

Summer Sweep draws hundreds of volunteers to clean up Seattle’s urban waterways

Over the years, Sweep has proven just how large an effect individual action can have on the health of urban waterways.

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on June 16, 2015

Water rushes over a rock in the Elwha River.

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US EPA and Army Corps issue weak Clean Water Rule

“The final rule inexplicably rolls back protections for streams and rivers, which feed into our water supplies,” said Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance.

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on June 1, 2015

Fishermen in the Duwamish River next to a gaint ship.

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Washington residents urge meaningful updates to state water quality standards

Health professionals, fishing families, human rights advocates, local food supporters and environmental groups call out Ecology’s misleading math and demand more protective standards.

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on March 23, 2015

Mount Rainier behind the Port of Seattle.

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Conservation groups file lawsuit challenging the Port of Seattle’s decision to make Seattle a homeport for Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet

Shell’s disastrous 2012 Arctic Ocean drilling and transport operations demonstrate that even technically advanced and well-resourced companies are no match for Arctic conditions.

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone on March 2, 2015

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