New York’s legislative session in Albany wrapped up for the year on June 4. Lawmakers passed many important bills and funding items but also failed to tackle some important legislation we are advocating for with our partners.
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Riverkeeper is monitoring two legal challenges by the owners of the Danskammer facility in Newburgh, in an attempt to revive a plan to build a fracked gas power plant on the site. The project was halted last year following widespread community opposition.
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Sweep at Newtown Creek, NYC
Despite the cold temperatures and pouring rain in some locales, more than 1,100 volunteers participated in the Hudson River’s largest annual shoreline cleanup on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
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Photo: Walter Garschagan
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which set national goals of achieving “fishable, swimmable and drinkable” water for our rivers and lakes. Riverkeeper has assessed our progress toward meeting the “swimmable” goal by measuring water quality in the Hudson and its tributaries.
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Have you wondered whether it’s safe to swim in Hudson Valley streams? Riverkeeper, our community scientists and our partners are helping to gather data in the Hudson River and its tributaries that can help you decide where and when to enjoy the water.
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Photo: Gilles Uzan
Riverkeeper makes extensive water quality dataset available, opening the door for more students and researchers to explore questions about Enterococcus, sewage pollution, tributary ecology, and more.
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Updated April 11, 2022 On April 9, Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature green-lit a question on New Yorkers’ November 2022 general election ballot seeking approval to bond $4.2 billion dollars (up from $3 billion first proposed in 2019) for a multi-year […]
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Photo: © Joseph Squillante
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is signaling that it might be opening a whole new phase in the cleanup of PCB contamination in the Hudson River – possibly.
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This is one in a series of guest blog posts about Riverkeeper Sweep with a focus on raising awareness of cigarette butt pollution and informing the public on the impact and what we can do.
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As plans move forward for the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) – a project that would bury massive electric cables in the bed of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River – the true costs are coming to light.
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