We just dodged a bullet with Indian Point 2. Had this reactor not been offline for refueling, the bolts in the reactor core would continue their decay and would have posed a more of a danger to the 20 million people who live and work in the 50-mile Indian Point “evacuation zone.”
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Riverkeeper and a coalition of ten organization and a dozen individuals in four states filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging approval of the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project natural gas pipeline expansion by federal regulators.
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Bob LaBuff takes a water sample from Catskill Creek as part of Riverkeeper's community science project. (Photo by Jen Epstein /Riverkeeper)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature just doubled the commitment to clean water, boosting funding for the New York State Water Infrastructure Improvement Act by $200 million over two years. Riverkeeper argued for this increase with a broad coalition of organizations representing […]
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WAVE sampling in the Rondout Creek, 2015. Ben Ganon is at center. (Photo courtesy Laura Heady/Town of Rosendale CCE)
Dozens of people attended the second annual Rondout Creek Watershed Summit March 29, organized by Riverkeeper and the environmental commissions of the towns of Rochester and Marbletown. Riverkeeper presented some of our latest analyzes of water quality data gathered by community scientists in the watershed. […]
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Substance observed this morning on the Hudson River shoreline at Verplanck.
Riverkeeper has received several reports today of a heavy, yellow-white substance in areas of Hudson River shoreline from Yonkers to Verplanck. The Department of Environmental Conservation suspects it may be pollen, some reports described the material as oily. If you suspect it may not be […]
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We need your help to urge NYC to join them and ensure that this toxic waste is never used on City roads or allowed to pollute our environment.
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On March 9, Luke Iwanowicz of U.S. Geological Survey, and Tyrone Hayes of University of California, Berkeley, gave presentations at SUNY New Paltz, co-presented by Riverkeeper and the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance. Iwanowicz is the lead author on a recent study that found intersex fish […]
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Photo: CC, US Department of Agriculture
Rampant agricultural discharges are contaminating waters across the state. New York is the third largest milk production state with roughly 620,000 cows, each of which is estimated to produce 120 pounds of liquid manure per day.
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Proposals could boost spending on new Water Infrastructure Improvement Act grants program to as much as $325 million per year. Our coalition continues to highlight the need for $800 million in annual spending, recognizing that New York State faces the nation’s greatest documented need for […]
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An oil train crosses a stream in Spokane, WA. Photo courtesy of Spokane Riverkeeper.
By Larissa Leibmann, Waterkeeper Alliance Five months after we released Deadly Crossing, a report highlighting the troubling state of rail bridge safety written by Waterkeeper, Riverkeeper and ForestEthics, there have been some important developments. While much of the progress made on this issue is small […]
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