Originally posted on Media Matters April 13, 2012 2:15 pm ET by Salvatore Colleluori The New York Post, the New York-based daily newspaper run by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., has published 21 opinion pieces on the controversial process of natural gas extraction called hydraulic fracturing […] More
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On Easter Sunday we removed the winter cover and temporary building that was housing the boat during winter repairs. A more detailed winter repairs post is on its way but for now, we’re super excited to be getting back out on the water! More
Last week we received another update on the sinking retired Staten Island ferry in New Windsor, near Newburgh. This time, our watchdog in the area took photos of the ferry from his boat. See those below. From: BATo: John LipscombSubject: Ferry in Newburgh John, Returned […] More
As the sampling season rapidly approaches, we’re reminded of how much trash we pickup each time we’re out on the river. Trash often washes into the river during rainstorms from the streets and our communities through drains like the one below. Nyack is replacing these […] More
Governor Cuomo and the NYS Thruway Authority have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for a permit to dredge approximately 1.5 million cubic yards on the north side of the existing Tappan Zee Bridge over the next five years. According to the Army Corps of […] More
It’s like the gas industry and their apologists are living in a different universe from the rest of us, when it comes to the risks from shale gas extraction via fracking. Call it the “Spin Zone.” At a Wall Street Journal conference last week, Chesapeake […] More
How does the CEO of a major fracking company react when asked to publicly answer to facts about the true environmental and economic cost of hydraulic fracturing? The same way frackers react to the contaminated drinking water and wrecked communities they leave in their wake: […] More
There’s a lot of talk lately about the comfort-of-your-own-home brand of advocacy known as slacktivism, but grassroots environmentalists on the Hudson River aren’t paying much attention to it. They’re too busy doing cleanups, taking water quality samples and occupying government agencies until officials pony up […] More
