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274 search results for 'crude oil'

Riverkeeper welcomes new chair, vice-chair and directors

… accomplishments for Riverkeeper, one in which we helped stop a potentially ruinous plan to anchor crude oil barges and tankers at multiple locations up and down the Hudson and organized an … Read More

A major victory for the Hudson – Global ends bid for possible tar sands facility in Albany

… defeat of industry’s request for new anchorage grounds to facilitate the transport of more crude oil. Along with our partners, we have been battling Global’s plan in court since 2014. The … Read More

China enlists local groups in environmental enforcement push

… many community partnership-based projects, like the ones that stopped proposals to site crude oil tanker and barge anchorages on the Hudson or build a desalination plant in Rockland … Read More

Be a clearer voice for the river

… expansion of barge anchorages — many of these barges to be laden with hazardous, fracked crude oil — you stepped up. More than 10,000 of you wrote to the U.S. Coast Guard and demanded … Read More

Report calls for enhanced drinking water protections for 100,000 people who rely on Hudson River

… of watershed lands and pollution sources, and an assessment of the risk posed by a potential crude oil spill in the Hudson. The report was authored by the Center for Watershed Protection and … Read More

Why we say ‘no’ to new fossil fuel projects like the CPV power plant and Valley Lateral Pipeline

… and unnecessary fossil fuel infrastructure projects including construction of two proposed crude oil pipelines along the NYS Thruway; expansion of the Global Oil terminal to handle tar sands … Read More

Riverkeeper’s 2017 Victories

… slamming the door on Global Partners’ plan to expand its Albany terminal to ship tar sands crude oil on the Hudson by rail and barge. Gowanus Canal dredging begins. Riverkeeper fought a long … Read More

DEC & environmental coalition prevail in Global terminal challenge

Huge victory for NYS, Riverkeeper and our partners after public outcry over crude oil facility expansion Albany, NY — Today the Appellate Division, Third Department, issued … Read More

Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson will participate in Ports & Waterways Safety Assessment (PAWSA)

… the river, particularly as the Hudson has increasingly become a thoroughfare for the transport of crude oil and other hazardous substances. We will offer several options for improving safety and … Read More

Riverkeeper statements regarding Coast Guard announcement that it will suspend future rulemaking decisions on the Hudson River anchorages proposal

… The maritime industry says the anchorages will help facilitate the increased shipment of Bakken crude oil on the Hudson River. Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay responded to the news with this … Read More

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