Senator Patrick Leahy to introduce Waterkeeper Alliance Founder and President Robert F Kennedy Jr at Leahy Center Environmental Summit, Thursday May 30. The summit continues through Friday. Waterkeeper Alliance is a global movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol and protect over 100,000 miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.
Waterkeeper Organizations combine firsthand knowledge of their waterways with an unwavering commitment to the rights of their communities and to the rule of law. Whether they are on the water tracking down polluters, in a courtroom advocating for stronger enforcement of environmental laws, at a town meeting rallying community support, or in a classroom educating young people, Waterkeeper Organizations defend their communities against anyone who threatens their right to clean water’from law-breaking polluters to unresponsive government agencies.
Made up of more than 200 local Waterkeeper organizations’employing more than 400 environmental activists, educators, scientists and attorneys’Waterkeeper Alliance keeps Waterkeepers connected, provides them with legal, scientific and communications support, and unites their voices as they take on major global water issues together.
Senator Leahy to introduce keynote speaker Robert F Kennedy Jr at Leahy Center Environmental Summit Thursday
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