(NYC & Dimock, PA)— It wasn’t a flood or natural disaster that left more than a dozen families in Dimock, PA without clean drinking water. The disaster in Dimock was caused by the Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation’s use of the hazardous gas drilling method […] More
Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
With sunsets like this, we’re going to be mighty sad to haul the boat out of the river on Friday. We took this in Haverstraw Bay on our way back to the boatyard. More
This week the Sparkill Watershed Alliance (SWA) celebrated it’s 1st Anniversary with a gathering at Aleksandra Becnel’s creek-side home, the perfect setting! A handful of the Sparkill Watershed Alliance members celebrating! (Right to Left) SWA Founder, Laurie Seeman, yours truly and Sparkill Creek The Sparkill […] More
CBS News came aboard recently to discuss Hudson River turbidity following Hurricane Irene. More
Last week, we were southbound from Waterford during our November patrol. After transiting the Federal lock, we photographed the Troy Dock fuel hoses and overturned floating dock sections, which were flipped during Irene. Note that, in addition to the two large blue fuel lines coming over […] More
Our friends over at Ecocentric have just published a great article about Reed Super and our parts in the case for closed-cycle cooling, and the latest version of the regulation. The article covers why closed-cycle cooling is important, and why it is actually economically feasible. You can […] More
Left to Right: Rob Friedman, Patrol Boat & Water Quality Program Assistant, Phillip Musegaas, Hudson River Program Attorney, and Josh Verleun, Staff Attorney and Chief Investigator Some of the team after a patrol on Newtown Creek. More
The level of turbidity in the Lower Esopus Creek continues to run extremely high at the mouth of the creek as it empties muddy red water into the much clearer Hudson River. The below photos were taken on November 11 during our November patrol.It has a […] More
Left to right: Captain Mike St Jeanos, Officer Scott Daly, Officer Martin Skotarczak (their colleague, Officer Anthony Glorioso was aboard in October). Last Friday we had Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 4 law enforcement officials aboard for a patrol from Saugerties to Waterford. We’ve worked […] More
On November 10, 2011, the industry-dominated U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) advisory panel on fracking released its second report, which expressed mild frustration at the pace of government and industry’s efforts to implement the panel’s August 2011 recommendations. “Progress to date is less than the […] More
