Riverkeeper, elected officials and the general public are dismayed that some of the arguments being offered by the industry are blatant falsehoods – statements that are easily disputed by the facts.
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The Hudson River anchorage request is part of something much bigger – it comes amid a number of efforts to significantly increase the use of the Hudson as an oil shipping hub.
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Updated August 16 In two announcements this month, Gov. Cuomo has said that $403.6 million will be invested to stop sewage overflows, improve drinking water supplies and otherwise improve water quality in the New York State – and there’s more to come. In two grant […]
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Spotted during our last patrol along the East River and Flushing Bay: An Osprey beats the traffic in Queens. As our patrol boat captain John Lipscomb says: When we see wildlife like this in NYC, “it’s really a hopeful sign, and it’s a message from […]
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In June, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that it was soliciting comments and concerns from the public on a proposal to establish a large number of anchorage grounds for commercial vessels in the Hudson River – 30 berths in 10 locations from Yonkers to Kingston – at the request of industry.
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Results of Mohawk River sampling by SUNY Cobleskill, July 27, 2016.
A broken pipe in the City of Amsterdam spilled 500,000 gallons of raw sewage into the North Chuctanunda Creek, according to published reports. The press reports about the spill prompted concern from river users as far away as Newburgh, some 140 miles away.
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The principals and lobbyists at Pilgrim Pipeline, LLC are finding that grassroots opposition can be a formidable opponent. A groundswell of opposition in New York and New Jersey; city and village veto power in New York; and a flawed business plan due to a lack […]
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The New York State Department of Health will soon determine whether New York City’s water supply may remain unfiltered for the next decade. Roughly 90% of the the City’s water comes from a 1,600 square mile watershed in the Catskill Mountains. From there, roughly one billion gallons per day are piped through a series of gravity-fed aqueducts and reservoirs to serve nine million consumers in the City and Lower Hudson Valley.
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I am stunned every time I look out over the Mohawk River in upstate New York, “married to amazement” as the poet Mary Oliver says. The Mohawk River is confluent with the Erie Canal in most places, and the best word for it is “rich”: […]
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