08.29.13
:: Press Releases :: Safeguard Drinking Water
Riverkeeper Calls on NYS Department of Health to Restore Measures to Protect the Lower Esopus That Were Improperly Deleted from a Key Approval at Request of New York City
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08.26.13
:: Press Releases :: Safeguard Drinking Water
Riverkeeper: DOH Fails to Give Lower Esopus Creek Communities Full Opportunity to Participate in Process of Revising Filtration Avoidance Determination
DOH denies upstate communities written request for local public hearing
08.20.13
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
Public Comments Support Wilderness for Finch Lands 4-1 over Wild Forest
Letters, emails, petitions demonstrate overwhelming public support for Wilderness at recent Adirondack Park Agency public hearing
08.15.13
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
Riverkeeper: Report on nuclear security and recent study by the Government Accountability Office show that Indian Point is vulnerable to terrorism and without a workable evacuation plan
Report released today by the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project at the University of Texas, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense, finds that the Indian Point nuclear power plant is one of eight reactor sites across the country vulnerable to a sea-borne terrorist attack that would result in reactor core damage or a spent fuel pool fire and a catastrophic release of radiation.
07.29.13
:: Press Releases :: Pollution Enforcement
Environmental Coalition Fights Deregulation of Industrial Dairy Farms in New York
Riverkeeper and a coalition of environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, challenging the deregulation of certain CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) dairy farms.
07.22.13
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
Riverkeeper Update on Indian Point State Hearing for Critical Water Permits
Testimony Reveals Major New Flaws in Entergy’s Case
07.18.13
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
Environmental Groups Applaud PSC Action on Proposed Desalination Plant
Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson have worked for more than a year with thousands of local citizens as well as local advocacy groups and public officials to get the PSC to take this kind of serious look at whether Rockland County needs an additional water supply and whether an expensive desalination plant is the right solution.
07.17.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Hundreds Intervene in Proceedings over Federal Review of Constitution Pipeline Project
120-mile natural gas pipeline through NY and PA attracts scrutiny and controversy
07.16.13
:: Press Releases :: General
Kingston Violates Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law
Riverkeeper water quality tests show high levels of fecal contamination as sewage continues to flow into Twaalfskill Brook for ninth day
07.03.13
:: Press Releases :: Water Quality
Riverkeeper Updates Water Quality Site in Time for July 4th Weekend
