Photo/Sandy Saunders
A CSX freight train derailed just south of the Beacon Metro-North station early Saturday morning, according to a story published in the Journal News/Lohud.com The train was using Metro North’s tracks east of the Hudson to carry construction debris, though the majority of freight trains […]
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Rail bridge near Storm King Mountain.
A reality check on Tuesday’s news release, Governor Cuomo Announces Results of Latest Round of Rail Safety Inspections: Thanks for the inspections Governor, but this is too little, too late. “…another round of targeted crude oil tank car and rail inspections, which uncovered 93 defects, […]
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Photo by Ellen Brockington Martin.
Later it would become clear that someone had snatched bags of crushed plastic bottles from a local Hannaford, thinking they could cash them in for five cents apiece, but at the time, all Ellen Brockington Martin and her husband Paul only knew they were disgusted. […]
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Boat program statement – crude oil – post derailment in WV – 2/16/15 What will it take? How many more derailments? How many more explosions? In the last two years there have been numerous accidents involving crude oil trains across the continent – and a […]
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The first automated same-day public notification under the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law happened today, as the Town of Colonie reported a 10 gallon per minute raw sewage spill that lasted over two hours, and affected a tributary of the Mohawk River near its […]
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Riverkeeper’s patrol boat is undergoing ongoing winter restoration and maintenance at our home port, Westerly Marina in Ossining. We are re-planking the bottom in sections, season by season. This weekend, boatbuilder Chris Brennan was steaming the port chine plank – the lowest plank on the […]
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(Photo: Joe DeMarchis)
In January we had a wonderful surprise visit from a River Otter at Westerly Marina in Ossining. Westerly is Riverkeeper’s home port and the Fletcher is ashore there now for annual upgrades and maintenance. Joe DeMarchis took these images through a shop window early on […]
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Example of a NY-Alert notification for a sewage release.
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) took one important step forward this month with the creation of the state’s first realtime notification system for sewage discharges affecting recreational water quality. Discharges of untreated and partially treated sewage from publicly owned separate sewer systems and treatment […]
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Stand-up Paddleboarding is an increasingly popular sport on the Hudson--one that isn't easy for everyone to learn. Photo: Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper
The state Department of Environmental Conservation this month has implemented a new notification system for the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law, giving the public access through NY-ALERT to important near-realtime reports of many discharges of raw or partially treated sewage. Riverkeeper urges the public […]
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We need you to raise your voice now to ensure we can make critical investments today in clean water infrastructure that will protect future generations. It has been 50 years since New York voters approved the $1 billion Pure Water Bond Act, at a time […]
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