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Riverkeeper sues NYS to prevent withdrawal of regulations protecting NYC water quality

… I waterbodies include a portion of the Hudson River at Manhattan; Harlem, Bronx and East Rivers; Newtown Creek; Gowanus Canal; Flushing Bay; and others, many of which receive billions of gallons … Read More

Don’t let New York State give up on New York City waters

… I waterbodies include a portion of the Hudson River at Manhattan, Harlem, Bronx and East Rivers, Newtown Creek, Gowanus Canal, and others. While New York City couldn’t snap its fingers to shut … Read More

Riverkeeper’s enforcement successes continue despite crisis

… in $41,000 of environmental benefits payments for our NYC partners, against three sites on Newtown Creek and two sites in the Bronx. Beneficiaries included the Bronx Council for … Read More

Watch, listen, read, explore: Ways to stay close to the Hudson (& each other)

… the waterways that encircle New York City “the sixth borough.” Waterways like Brooklyn’s Newtown Creek, once thought ruined forever by industrial and manmade pollution are making a … Read More

100+ groups appeal for ‘Restore Mother Nature’ bond act

… Chapters Coalition New York League of Conservation Voters New York Restoration Project (NYRP) Newtown Creek Alliance North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE) North Fork … Read More

Environmental groups sue NYC to enforce Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act

… Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound, Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, Newtown Creek Alliance, Hudson River Watertrail Association, NY/NJ Baykeeper, and Waterkeeper … Read More

Riverkeeper sues NYC to enforce Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act

… Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound, Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, Newtown Creek Alliance, Hudson River Watertrail Association, Raritan Baykeeper, NY/NJ Baykeeper, … Read More

Study: Hudson River sewage overflows are an unaccounted-for source of greenhouse gas emissions

… rainwater, and are designed to overflow when pipes fill with stormwater. • City tributaries like Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal that are subjected to large volumes of sewage overflow produced the … Read More

HSBC volunteers maintain shorefront at Riverside Park

… 450 staff participating. HSBC volunteers have joined us on the Hudson River, East River, and along Newtown Creek. Thank you to HSBC for supporting Riverkeeper and your local waterways! Read More

Rooftop Dance Performance at Kingsland Wildflowers

… events will raise awareness for environmental justice issues and community efforts to revitalize Newtown Creek and the surrounding Greenpoint neighborhood. This performance is the culminating … Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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