As of 2015, Riverkeeper is working with 80 individual community scientists, many associated with local groups, advisory boards or boathouses, to sample 160 locations in Hudson River tributaries, and at New York City-area water access points. The goal is to generate data that can help […]
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After a series of delays, the State Energy Planning Board finally approved the Final State Energy Plan at a meeting in Albany today, outlining ambitious targets for reducing climate pollution, and encouraging renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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Ossining High School teachers Artie Carlucci, a longtime Riverkeeper member, and Bridget Baumann, with their students at Ossining beach. Photo by Dan Shapley/Riverkeeper
Half a century ago, a floating dock at the Hudson River beach in Ossining was sunk, bringing to an end open-water swimming in the community and creating debris that has been perceived as a potential hazard to swimmers. What would it take to re-open a […]
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There are many milestones in life. An important one for those fighting for clean drinking water, fish, and wildlife, and water quality happened last week at a gathering of the Waterkeeper Alliance in Boulder, Colorado.
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Patrolling Esopus Creek today we saw young “Cricket” — Saugerties Lighthouse Keeper in training. Papa Patrick Landewe says Cricket just turned 1.
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Slowly but surely the public is reconnecting with the Hudson River here. This Saturday morning, southbound from Troy to Kingston, I saw a “River Day Festival” in Troy in their new waterfront park, recreational rowers on the reach between Albany and Troy and a marathon […]
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Met U.S. Coast Guard and New York Department of Environmental Conservation Thursday aboard the DEC Region 4 patrol boat. They are beginning to create revised/upgraded GIS-based local spill response plans – starting here and working down the River. The transport of crude oil through New […]
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Today southbound past Albany I saw a 3 million gallon Bakken oil bomb train “parked” in Albany under the big highway helix that takes up much of the waterfront of the city. The train was stopped on a bridge labeled “Historic Albany.” If one of […]
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We are at a turning point for a cleaner, healthier Hudson River.
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Watch a recorded version of “Fracking Waste in New York: A Business Perspective,” hosted by Riverkeeper and the New York State Sustainable Business Council. See below for some action steps you can take, resources (many of which were discussed during the webinar), and the webinar […]
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