It feels like Spring and the Patrol Boat is almost back on the water. This morning we were out (on foot) doing some sampling and snapped this lovely shot. Get ready to see us back out on the water shortly! More
Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
Last week Riverkeeper was at the Brooklyn Brewery discussing local water quality issues with a full room of area clean water advocates. Riverkeeper staff and volunteers were joined by City Councilman Steve Levin and other community leaders. The “How Is the Water?” talk was sponsored […] More
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:44 PM To: John Lipscomb Subject: Update John, At 1355 on Wednesday March 7, 2012 I took two friends to see the Retired Staten Island Ferry that is taking on water at SteelWays Shipyard in New Windsor, NY. We went to the Newburgh […] More
In September, a watchdog reported to us that sewage was flowing from a pipe in the northeastern corner of Beacon Harbor in Beacon’s waterfront park.Discharge Source and Duration A member of the public discovered the discharge on September 17th, 2011. Riverkeeper began collecting water samples […] More
On Friday, February 24, New York Supreme Court Justice Donald F. Cerio, Jr., upheld the town of Middlefield’s ban on natural gas development within its borders, just three days after Justice Phillip R. Rumsey upheld Dryden’s nearly identical ban. The Dryden and Middlefield decisions are […] More
Some weeks ago we received a watchdog email regarding a discharging barge off of Yonkers. We contacted the marine unit at the DEC, who followed up with the barge operator and got the following response from one of their engineers: “It would appear, from the […] More
In the first ruling on whether local governments can limit gas drilling, or hydraulic fracturing (fracking), through local zoning ordinances in New York, Judge Phillip R. Rumsey of the Sixth Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court upheld the Town of Dryden’s ban on gas development within its borders. More
This video shows the Newtown Creek in 2006, at the time when Riverkeeper and our partners in the community were investigating ExxonMobil’s Greenpoint oil spill, one of the largest in U.S. history, and other pollution. (Video via Environmental Countdown)Today, the creek has a brighter future, […] More
During a Bar Association panel discussion on Wednesday, New York State confirmed that its environmental review on fracking will be finished this Spring. If we don’t stop it, fracking is coming to New York this Summer. The battle is on to preserve our health, water […] More
Many people launch their boats at the Rondout Creek at Kingston, and many enjoy the swimming beach on the Hudson River at Kingston Point, but few know that more than half the water samples Riverkeeper has taken at the Rondout public dock, and nearly one-quarter […] More
