04.08.16
:: Press Releases :: Riverkeeper
Mike Richter, Riverkeeper’s president Paul Gallay, and Riverkeeper’s chief prosecuting attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to “flip the switch” and make the world-famous Empire State Building’s tower lights shine in blue, green and dark blue in honor of Riverkeeper's 50th Anniversary
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04.01.16
:: Press Releases :: Water Quality
Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators have enacted a SFY2016-17 Budget that invests $350 million over the next two years to help communities upgrade and maintain drinking and wastewater infrastructure, which is critical to public health, environmental quality, and quality of life.
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03.30.16
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
Buchanan, NY — An alarming number of essential bolts inside the reactor core of Indian Point Unit 2 are impaired, degraded enough to necessitate that the troubled reactor remain closed until a robotic repair unit can assess the extent of the damage.
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03.10.16
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Two Pennsylvania couples were awarded $4.24 million on Monday by a federal jury, which found Cabot Oil & Gas responsible for contaminating their well water with high levels of methane. Cabot Oil had drilled two natural gas "fracking" wells near their homes.
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02.29.16
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
On Monday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that state agencies will begin an independent safety risk analysis of Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market — also known as the AIM natural gas pipeline.
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02.17.16
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
The latest in a spate of troublesome incidents at the Indian Point Energy Center has prompted an urgent call from six environmental and health organizations to immediately shut down the aging nuclear plant while urgently needed investigations by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and three New York State agencies are conducted.
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02.15.16
:: Press Releases :: Pollution Enforcement
CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT * ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK * EARTHJUSTICE * RIVERKEEPER * SIERRA CLUB ATLANTIC CHAPTER * THEODORE GORDON FLYFISHERS * WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2016 CONTACT: Michael Dulong, Riverkeeper, (973) 986-5633 Public Health and Clean Water Advocates Call on New York State to Offer Better Protections Against Pollution from Industrial Dairies Coalition demands end to practice of manure spreading during frozen conditions, strict protections and monitoring to prevent groundwater contamination, and public review of individual waste management plans Albany, NY – Concerned […]
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02.08.16
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
Photo: Rob Friedman / Riverkeeper
The latest in a string of malfunctions at the Indian Point nuclear power plant has prompted a renewed, urgent call from Riverkeeper for the aging plant to be permanently shut down – particularly while two state investigations are under way.
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02.03.16
:: Press Releases :: Crude Oil Transport
Photo: Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper
Cite environmental justice impacts to public housing residents adjacent to Global facility
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01.13.16
:: Press Releases :: Policy
Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay issues this statement following today’s State of the State address by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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