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Paul Gallay, Tracy Brown, John Lipscomb and Mark Lucas (not shown) received Pen Certificates from the Governor's office for the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law
The Riverkeeper team that worked on the Sewage Pollution Right to Know law in 2012 received commemorative pen certificates from the Governor’s office in recognition of their leadership role in drafting and passing the legislation. The Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law (Assembly Bill #10585-A) […] More
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Photo on left courtesy Paul Bastin
“How Is the Water?” report details sewage pollution findings in the Hudson and calls for actions to eliminate it More
Catskill at dawn. Sea smoke on the River because air is so cold. Deck covered with frost. Mike Aguiar, owner of Riverview marine. Left hand is where water reached during Sandy, considerably higher than during Irene, right hand. All his shops and offices were flooded […] More
Jack up boat off Palisades across from Croton Point. Presumably drilling for core samples related to either Champlain Express or West Point power cable projects. Both are using the Hudson as a conduit for electrical power cables for NYC. How much must the River give […] More
On 11/2/12, four days after Sandy, we sampled at the entrance of the Gowanus Canal at the Hamilton Av Bridge and found Enterococcus counts >24,196 per 100ml. The water was grey. The Federal guideline threshold for primary contact is 104 Entero per 100ml. On 11/8/12, […] More
Running into Newtown Creek for the night to be in place for Gowanus patrols tomorrow morning. “Red sky at night – sailor’s delight” More
During high tide during Sandy a great deal of trash was blown by SE wind into fence along the west side of the entrance to Dutch Kill off Newtown Creek (across from “Nature Walk”). All this material remains stranded above wall but will become re-suspended […] More
This morning’s high tide was one foot higher than the one last night, as models predicted. Tonight’s high tide around 2300 will be the big one. The parking lot is on the left. The dock systems are cut off from the land. Circle Line boats […] More
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Coal tar is a contaminant we have at numerous locations throughout the valley – from Nyack and Tarrytown to Hudson to Catskill. More

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