In a Riverkeeper exclusive interview by Karen Rybold-Chin, Lisa Graves, Executive Director of The Center for Media and Democracy, talks about the task forces of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the work going on to secretly advance its agenda, targeting legal rules that […] More
Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
This past Saturday we brought the boat north from Ossining to avoid the worst of Hurricane Irene. We anchored in the sheltered channel between Coxsackie and Rattlesnake Islands and the west bank of the river. As you can see in the photo below, the shoreline […] More
Last month, we blogged about Morgantown, West Virginia’s passage of an ordinance that banned shale gas drillers from using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) techniques in the city or within a mile of the city’s limits. Northeast Natural Energy and Ern-out Properties LLC sued the city shortly […] More
Originally posted at Ecocentric. As a new mom, Mary Ann Hitt knows that “this fight is the single biggest thing” she can do to protect her daughter’s future. The fight? To foil plans–conceived about a decade ago–for a new “coal rush” that would have put […] More
When: August 23, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Where: Katonah Village Library, The Garden Room, 26 Bedford Road, Katonah, N.Y. 10536 NY Senator Greg Ball (R, C- Patterson) will hold a hearing on August 23, 2011 to examine the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing (also […] More
On August 11, 2011, after 90 days of deliberation, a seven-member U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) advisory panel released an interim report presenting recommendations to reduce the environmental impacts from shale gas production. The panel’s recommendations may serve as a major turning point in the […] More
Today we released our report on sewage contamination in the Hudson River Estuary, “How Is the Water?“ It was a big group effort – 5 years to collect the data and 5 months to write and release the report. I’m sure this will not be […] More
Riverkeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and National Parks Conservation Association filed a lawsuit on August 4, 2011 against the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) for their failure to comply with federal law by proposing natural gas […] More
In May of this year, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the establishment of the Energy Advisory Board Natural Gas Subcommittee on Fracking Issues to make recommendations on improving the “safety and environmental performance” of hydraulic fracturing in shale formations. Unfortunately, the committee is […] More
