After almost a month and a half on patrol, May 20 was a big day for Riverkeeper — our first patrol into the Mohawk River/Erie Canal. We’re in communication with a nice group of Mohawk supporters and we believe there is an opportunity to partner […]
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The 2014 Riverkeeper Sweep, the third annual day of service for the Hudson River, engaged 1,900 volunteers in 82 service projects throughout New York City and the Hudson Valley on Saturday, May 10. It was our biggest day of service yet, with 36% more volunteers […]
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Read all about the issues facing the Hudson and our drinking water in Riverkeeper's annual Journal, our magazine-style annual report.
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Photo: Abigail Jones
Riverkeeper has an ally in the State Comptroller’s office, as we fight to ensure that General Electric (GE) is not let off the hook for a thorough cleanup of the toxic PCBs that make the Hudson River the nation’s largest Superfund site.
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Just how does Riverkeeper’s water sampling program yield results in the form of a cleaner river? Watch this video to see how our innovative, $350,000-a-year project – testing the Hudson and its tributaries – helped drive $160 million in vital clean-water investment in the last […]
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In a preview of much more to come, the 2014 Riverkeeper Sweep got off to an early start April 16 when Metro-North Railroad cleaned up an area of Oscawana Island in the Town of Cortlandt where anonymous dumping had occurred over the years. The town […]
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The NYS Department of State is set to close public comment Thursday, May 8, at 4:30 p.m. on the proposed expansion of Global Partners’ oil terminal in New Windsor. This terminal expansion could facilitate the transfer of up to 1.8 billion gallons of heavy crude […]
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Photo: Sara Moriarty
The state currently allows the use of brine from conventional, low-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and gas storage in New York to be spread on our roadways for de-icing, dust control and road stabilization.
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Joan Hornig, philanthropist jeweler and wife of our board member George Hornig, has created a one-of-a-kind necklace to benefit Riverkeeper.
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We need your help! Join us on May 12th in Albany to talk to state legislators about fracking, the improper handling of its waste, and the need for an official moratorium and comprehensive health impact assessment.
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