Riverkeeper organizes new bipartisan call to action on Hudson River cleanup
April 3, 2025
Riverkeeper Team
Riverkeeper recently helped organize a bipartisan letter from New York State senators to the EPA, urging the agency to take stronger action on the Hudson River PCB cleanup. The letter, led by Democratic Senator Michelle Hinchey and Republican Senator Rob Rolison, and including 28 other state senators, calls on EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to declare the current cleanup efforts inadequate and demands a remediation plan that protects public health, wildlife, and the economy.
Despite its own data showing clear signs that harmful PCB contamination remains a serious threat to the Hudson, the EPA in January concluded that more information is needed to determine whether the cleanup has achieved its intended goals.
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