News and updates
Updates on our work and mentions in the media
April 3, 2025
Riverkeeper organizes new bipartisan call to action on Hudson River cleanup
March 21, 2025
Congressional letter urges EPA action on Hudson River PCBs
January 17, 2025
Riverkeeper opposes latest EPA findings in Hudson River cleanup
January 17, 2025
Environmental Groups Condemn EPA's Final Review of the Hudson Superfund Site
November 8, 2024
Environmental groups challenge findings in EPA’s Hudson River Superfund Site review
The Friends of a Clean Hudson (FOCH), a coalition of national, state, and regional organizations led by Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, submitted comments on the EPA’s draft third five-year review for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site calling on the agency to find the cleanup is “not protective of human health and the environment.”
July 10, 2024
Hudson River coalition firmly rejects findings in EPA’s draft third five-year report for the Hudson River PCBs superfund cleanup
Groups call on the public and elected representatives to speak out during the public comment period as EPA disregards its own data showing cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River fails to protect public health and the environment.
April 16, 2024
With the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site Five-Year Review approaching, Congressional leaders urge EPA to determine that the cleanup has not been protective of human and ecological health
Congressional leaders wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, urging the EPA to follow the science and rule that further PCB clean-up in the Hudson River is needed in the upcoming Five-Year Review (FYR) report.
March 21, 2024
Environmental justice leaders convene to demand EPA take action to address legacy toxic pollution in the Hudson River
Albany, NY – Today, statewide leaders in environmental justice gathered to demand the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) take action to address “forever chemical” polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination that continues to plague the Hudson River and severely impact disadvantaged communities along its shores.
November 14, 2023
EPA's dredging remedy for Hudson River PCBs Superfund site is failing to protect human and environmental health
Findings from independent, scientific assessment of publicly available data comes as EPA prepares to release its review of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site.
June 21, 2023
Riverkeeper’s 2023 Summer Splash honors two devoted Hudson River champions
May 11, 2023
Riverkeeper to honor DEC’s Fran Dunwell and Dr. David Carpenter on June 8
April 28, 2023
Riverkeeper will honor Dr. David O. Carpenter, PCBs expert, as 2023 ‘Hudson Hero’
Riverkeeper looks forward to honoring Dr. David O. Carpenter with our 2023 Hudson Hero Award at our Summer Splash event at Boscobel House and Gardens on June 8.
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