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Riverkeeper’s Biggest Victories of 2014

… Wire & Cable. Our legal efforts broadened the cleanup to offshore areas contaminated by PCBs. Download the Riverkeeper Victories for 2014 Read More

Forum to Unify Upriver and Downriver Communities in Call for More Comprehensive Hudson River PCB Cleanup

… (GE) prepares to decommission its multimillion-dollar infrastructure for the cleanup of toxic PCBs in the Hudson River, upriver and downriver officials and community leaders are joining … Read More

Take to the Streets: Join us Sunday at People’s Climate March NYC

At Riverkeeper, we don’t back down from a fight. We don’t pull our punches and we do whatever … Read More

Did a cleaner Hudson River attract whales to NYC?

… with the sediment or washing out, while legacies of industry – Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, PCBs dumped by General Electric – remain a challenge, says Dennis Suszkowski, science director … Read More

Time for GE to Admit Liability for – and Undertake – a Comprehensive Hudson Cleanup

… to ensure that General Electric (GE) is not let off the hook for a thorough cleanup of the toxic PCBs that make the Hudson River the nation’s largest Superfund site. In December, GE dubiously … Read More

Exposé on GE’s Past PCB Cover-up Tactics Offers Opportunity for Redemption through NRDA Process

… shows just how underhanded GE has acted regarding its discharge of millions of pounds of toxic PCBs in the Hudson River, including covering up its discharge and the negative health effects of … Read More

Groups Commend State Comptroller’s Rejection of GE Natural Resource Damage Liability Report

… to no financial liability for compensating the public for losses suffered as a result of toxic PCBs GE dumped into the Hudson River for three decades. The GE report stated that its current … Read More

Historic Riverkeeper Cleanup Case Comes Full Circle

Former site of worst concentration of PCBs on the Hudson to be remediated New York State DEC announced it has reached an agreement with … Read More

A ‘Broken Windows’ Theory for Environmentalism

… the river a different color as each line of cars that came off the factory floor were painted. PCBs leaked from the Anaconda Wire and Cable Co. factory in Hastings. Coal tar oozed from the … Read More

Way Ahead of Schedule on PCB Cleanup, GE Should Start Natural Resource Damage Work Before Project Ends, Say Enviro Groups

… Agency will report on the Superfund cleanup, of a toxic chemical called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the Hudson River, that is significantly ahead of schedule. Environmental groups, … Read More

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