Victory for Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Superfund case

The 9th Circuit issued an opinion on Friday in favor of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in their litigation over the Blackrock Land Exchange. The case challenged a proposed exchange between the U.S. Department of Interior and J.R. Simplot Company that would have expanded phosphate mining and added toxic waste piles to the Eastern Michaud Flats Superfund site. In […]

Comments submitted to EPA on AFO regulations

Snake River Waterkeeper joined EarthJustice and a long list of advocacy groups in submitting comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the EPA to finalize its draft Air Emissions Estimating Methodologies for Animal Feeding Operations — a rule that would help regulate toxic air pollution caused by animal feeding operations (AFOs). AFOs are leading […]

Comments submitted on Simplot draft waste discharge permit in WA

SRW teamed up with the Center for Food Safety, Columbia Riverkeeper and Food & Water Watch to submit comments on the draft Waste Discharging Permit for Simplot Feeders LLC over its massive feedlot located in eastern Washington on the Columbia River. The feedlot generates approximately 292,000 tons of manure every year and tens of millions […]

Amicus Brief Filed in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Blackrock Land Exchange Case

For the past few years, Snake River Waterkeeper has been working with a broad coalition of advocacy groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project, WildEarth Guardians, Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance and a host of other water advocacy groups to provide legal support to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in their ongoing case against Simplot, […]

Joining fellow Waterkeepers in fighting for clean water

SRW has been working alongside a broad coalition of over 89 environmental advocacy and Waterkeeper groups to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We are asking these federal agencies to adhere to their legal duties to ensure safe and clean drinking water for all U.S. citizens by […]

Waterkeepers submit letter to HHS

A broad coalition of Waterkeepers, including SRW, submitted a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., current head of the Department of Health and Human Services, urging him to take immediate action to: Restore the Office of Environmental Justice to ensure that HHS addresses the needs of communities most affected by climate change. Reinstate funding for […]

Waterkeepers submit letter to EPA

A broad coalition of Waterkeepers, including SRW, submitted a letter to Lee Zeldin, current head of the EPA, expressing our strong opposition to recent agency actions. Our concerns include: Withdrawal of the proposed rule setting effluent limitation guidelines and standards for some PFAS manufacturers. The “reconsideration” of wastewater regulations for certain industrial facilities. Limiting federal […]

Letter opposing salmon extinction bill signed by 78 organizations

On March 3, a coalition of 78 organizations, including SRW, sent a letter to members of Congress in the northwest, voicing our strong opposition to the “Northwest Energy Security Act” (H.R. 626/S. 182). This piece of legislation threatens to undo years of progress made toward restoring salmon populations across the Columbia and Snake River Basins, […]

Letter supporting federal workers signed by 495 organizations

On February 28, the National Parks Conservation Association submitted a letter addressed to U.S. Senators and Representatives that was signed by 495 organizations, including SRW, expressing our deep concern and disapproval of the recent mass firing of federal employees. “Our nation’s public lands are treasures to be stewarded by our land management agencies according to […]