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    Duke Energy Cooling Pond Dam Collapses in Wake of Hurricane Matthew Flooding

    Duke Energy Cooling Pond Dam Collapses in Wake of Hurricane Matthew Flooding

    [This breaking news is an update to a post earlier today on EcoWatch: Millions of Chickens Feared Dead at Factory Farms in Wake of Hurricane Matthew] Waterkeeper Alliance and Upper Neuse Riverkeeper are responding to and documenting the breach of a 1.2-billion-gallon cooling pond dam at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee plant. The breach occurred today […]

    Millions of Chickens Feared Dead at Factory Farms in Wake of Hurricane Matthew

    Millions of Chickens Feared Dead at Factory Farms in Wake of Hurricane Matthew

    Flooding across North Carolina continues in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew and Gov. McCrory said some rivers are still rising. McCrory also warned that conditions in central and eastern parts of the state remain “extremely dangerous.” [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1313823198630614/ expand=1] After surveying the damage, environmentalists are expressing concerns after they found flooding at factory farms and […]

    20 Year David and Goliath Fist Fight Saves Patagonia’s Futaleufu

    20 Year David and Goliath Fist Fight Saves Patagonia’s Futaleufu

    Chilean environmentalists and global whitewater aficionados are celebrating the happy ending to the tumultuous 20-year battle to save Patagonia’s Futaleufu River. On Aug. 30, Endesa Chile, subsidiary of Enersis and part of Italian-controlled energy consortium Enel, formally relinquished all claims to Chile’s iconic whitewater mecca, and similar stakes in other Chilean rivers. Endesa sought to […]

    We Stand in Solidarity with Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

    We Stand in Solidarity with Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Waterkeeper Alliance and 93 Waterkeeper organizations worldwide sent a letter to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe leaders Monday expressing solidarity and unwavering support for efforts to stop the Dakota Access pipeline that threatens their land, water, public health and tribal rights. The Dakota Access pipeline, which would extend 1,168 miles across North […]

    This Woman Is Paddling from Chicago to New Orleans to Fight for Clean Water

    This Woman Is Paddling from Chicago to New Orleans to Fight for Clean Water

    A New Jersey native and mother of two has set off on a two-month paddling journey from Chicago to New Orleans to raise awareness about water quality issues. Extreme distance paddler and clean water activist Margo Pellegrino.The Big Apple 2 The Big Easy Facebook Blue Frontier Ocean Explorer Margo Pellegrino set off via the Sanitary […]