Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

Riverkeeper has many tools to use to achieve its mission to protect water quality and the drinking water of millions of New Yorkers. One of the most important tools is the ability to file lawsuits in Courts - sometimes to enforce our environmental laws, and sometimes to protect the rights of aggrieved individuals. More

On Nov. 10, Riverkeeper reported to the City of Kingston observations of a raw sewage discharge to the Twaalsfkill Brook, a small tributary of the Rondout Creek. More

Update Nov. 23: The City of Newburgh has completed emergency repairs and eliminated the dry weather discharge of raw sewage from 6-10 homes on Park Place to the Hudson River. More

Riverkeeper has joined the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WaterSense Program. More

The beetle, an invasive species which is not native to these parts, has become quite a problem in New York and now threatens the New York City Watershed lands. More

A state plan for an overdue cleanup of a scrapyard leaching hazardous waste into the Rondout Creek near its mouth at the Hudson River is welcome. More

This enormous tractor tire was mired for years in a shallow cove of the Hudson south of the Bear Mountain Bridge – anchored upright in the mud, highly visible at low tide. On Friday, Riverkeeper, Metro-North Railroad and Sea Tow Central Hudson teamed up on […] More

Last Saturday, Randall's Island Park Alliance partnered with Riverkeeper to host the 6th annual Run the River 5K to support efforts to protect, maintain, and restore the shorelines and wetlands at the park. More

A plan is taking shape to clean up a huge pollution site in the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie that has been a source of carcinogenic coal tar to the estuary for more than 100 years. More