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Riverkeeper partners with Waterkeeper Alliance to expand Swim Guide smart phone application

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2012 Contacts: Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, P: 215.369.1188 x 102 Cinda Waldbuesser, National Parks Conservation Association, P: 215.327.2529 Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, P: 516.526.9371 Lawsuit charges that an analysis must be completed and environmental impacts understood before drilling moves forward in the Delaware River Basin Brooklyn, N.Y. – Today, the Hon. Judge Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York heard arguments in a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers and the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for their failure to […]

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Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations-Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club-Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released a statement.

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(White Plains, NY – July 17, 2012) – Riverkeeper filed comments yesterday that call on the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to revise its proposed consent order with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

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Riverkeeper has joined the New York State Attorney General and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in filing a new contention with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the Indian Point relicensing case.

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By Earthworks, Environmental Advocates of New York, Environment New York, Riverkeeper For more information contact: Erica Ringewald, 518-210-9903; [email protected] ALBANY, NY (06/28/2012)(readMedia)– In response to reports that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation gave the gas industry and its lobbyists exclusive preliminary access to draft regulations and plans related to high volume hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” Earthworks, Environmental Advocates of New York, Environment New York, and Riverkeeper released the following statement: “We are appalled that the Department of Environmental Conservation fed privileged information to the gas industry before […]

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The Hudson Valley’s leading environmental organizations formally requested that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) hold a hearing to consider an industrial water desalination facility proposed by United Water for Haverstraw, Rockland County following advocacy by thousands of residents.

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Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] Adrienne Esposito, 516-390-7150, [email protected] Brian Smith, 716-472-4078, [email protected] Environmental Groups Applaud Legislature for Critical Public Health Protection Albany, NY – June 21, 2012 –Riverkeeper and Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) are applauding the NY Legislature for passing the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act (A.10585A Sweeney / S.6268D Grisanti) on the final day of session. This act will finally give the public the right to know when raw or partially treated sewage is discharged into New York waters, allowing the public to avoid unnecessary […]

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Today the New York Times reported on a New York State plan to limit fracking to portions of New York counties, at least for the next several years, and to permit it only in communities that express support for the technology.

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