It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the victory won today by municipalities and grassroots advocates across New York State. In a landmark decision, the State’s highest Court ruled that local municipal governments may decide if and where gas companies can perform the highly industrial practice known as hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) within town borders.
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Jeremy Cherson
Our summer volunteer and outreach season got off to a great start last weekend at the Clearwater Festival. Riverkeeper volunteers and staff were there signing up new members, promoting volunteer opportunities and educating the public about all of our campaigns, including our pressing crude oil […]
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Riverkeeper needs your help documenting recreational uses on select tributaries in the estuary. The recreational use of a waterbody helps define its classification (learn more about classifications here). The classification of tributaries is important to water quality because it dictates the state’s responsibility to maintaining […]
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UPDATE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is telling New York State: Not so fast on the EFC’s Tappan Zee Bridge loan. The agency is raising eight questions about the project’s eligibility for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund in a letter to the state. Download […]
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Tritium leaks at Indian Point have spurred new question about NRC Oversight
Andy Revkin of the NY Times has been one of Indian Point’s most prominent supporters, but he seems to have growing doubts about NYC’s aging nuclear neighbor to the north. On June 12, Revkin published an entry on his influential online NY Times blog, DotEarth, […]
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We talk a lot around here about fecal contamination, but fourth-grader Lucy Bedell makes one of the best cases we’ve heard for infrastructure improvement. Read her school essay. Sometimes, only a kid can tell it to you straight. And she’s right. “Poop stinks. No one […]
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Good news! Rockland County is creating a task force that will guide water resource management with local residents – not corporate profits – in mind. Submit comments by June 26.
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We got run over by this big squall on 6/13 running back to Ossining on day two of our 13 day water sampling patrol (NY Harbor to Waterford) As it started coming over the ridge between Hook Mountain and High Tor I thought we might […]
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On 5/30 we stopped on our way north to Kingston and met two members of the Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance to help them develop an Enterococcus sampling program for the Quassaick. Who should drop by but John Cronin, who ran Riverkeeper before Alex Matthiessen. John […]
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Data from the first round of this year’s sampling in six Hudson River tributaries is available at riverkeeper.org/citizen-data.
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